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Medicinal plants which also known as medicinal herbs, chemical compounds from plant species which contain many medicinal values and so it is widely used against many diseases not only internal and external diseases also. Since ancient times plants and plant products used as medicine and are used till now. Nowadays many medicinal plants are extinct because of the unawareness of their medicinal values or medicinal properties. Cinchona is one of the most important medicinal plants widely distributed in South America and this plant was introduced in India in 1859. In India cinchona plant is distributed throughout the Western Ghats (Nilgiris and Anamali) and it is also grown in Darjeeling (west Bengal).cinchona plant collectively known as koina plant, Peruvian bark, Jesuits bark etc., coming under the family Rubiacea. This plant is rich sources of alkaloids, more than 30 types of alkaloids present. Out of these Quinine is most valuable and is used as anti-malarial agent from ancient days and are used still today. Literature study revealed that along ant malarial activity, the cinchona plant has many other medicinal properties like, Anti-bacterial, Anti-fungal, Anti-oxidant, Anti-cancerous, and Anti-inflammatory and some Nano particles are synthesized from this plant extract.