Quinine Tree Podcast from the Encyclopedia of Life Cinchona pubescens http://education.eol.org/podcast
In a large greenhouse at the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis, Missouri, there grows a slender sapling of Cinchona pubescens, a tree that has played a remarkable role in human history. Journeying to this artificial tropical forest under glass, Ari Daniel Shapiro asks curators Carmen Ulloa Ulloa and Charlotte Taylor just what makes this famous fever tree special. He also learns how its possible to open a three-hundred-year-old bundle of dried plant specimens and disappearhappilyinto the past. Listen to the podcast on the Learning+Education section of the Encyclopedia of Life(http://education.eol.org/podcast). ************************ About the Encyclopedia of Life The Encyclopedia of Life is a collaborative effort among scientists and the general public to bring information together about all 1.9 million named and known species, in a common format, freely available on the internet. Learn more at www.eol.org
