Cinchona, a forest product in Tamil Nadu, is used as a drug for treating _____.

Cancer

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Influenza

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Malaria

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None of these

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Solution

The correct option is C Malaria
The Nilgiri hills have a number of medicinal plants and a variety of flowers. Cinchona from which quinine is obtained is used for curing malaria.

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