The anti-malarial drug Quinine is made from a plant. The plant is

Quinine is a potent antimalarial drug historically derived from the bark of the Cinchona tree [c4][t1]. Specifically, it is extracted from species such as Cinchona officinalis and Cinchona ledgeriana [t2]. First isolated in 1820, quinine has served as a primary treatment for malaria for centuries by inhibiting the formation of hemozoin in the Plasmodium parasite [t1][t4]. While other plants like Neem (Azadirachta indica) have been studied for antimalarial properties, Cinchona remains the definitive botanical source for quinine [t6]. The drug is a cinchona alkaloid that belongs to the aryl amino alcohol group and continues to be listed on the WHO's Model List of Essential Medicines for treating severe malaria [t4]. Other options like Eucalyptus, Cinnamon, and Neem do not produce quinine, although they have various other medicinal applications [c2][t6].

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