One of the beverage world’s favorite plants is named for the slave who discovered its promise
Published on: Monday 24 January 2022
Quassia Amara is used in much the same manner as quinine plant—as a bitter agent as well as treating malaria and fevers—and has largely replaced quinine as it contains nature's most bitter substance.
News source: https://qz.com/africa/2117203/this-quinine-substitute-got-its-name-from-a-slave-of-akan-origin/