| Quinine bark |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Plantae |
| Clade: |
Tracheophytes |
| Clade: |
Angiosperms |
| Clade: |
Eudicots |
| Clade: |
Asterids |
| Order: |
Gentianales |
| Family: |
Rubiaceae |
| Genus: |
Cinchona |
| Species: |
C. officinalis |
| Binomial name |
Cinchona officinalis
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| Synonyms |
- Cascarilla officinalis (L.) Ruiz
- Cinchona academica Guibourt
- Cinchona chahuarguera Pav.
- Cinchona coccinea Pav. ex DC.
- Cinchona colorata Lamb.
- Cinchona condaminea Bonpl.
- Cinchona condaminea var. chahuarguera Pav. ex DC.
- Cinchona condaminea var. lanceolata Wedd.
- Cinchona condaminea var. vera Wedd.
- Cinchona crispa Tafalla ex Howard.
- Cinchona lanceolata Ruiz & Pav.
- Cinchona lancifolia var. lanceolata Roem. & Schult.
- Cinchona legitima Ruiz ex Lamb.
- Cinchona lucumifolia var. stupea Wedd.
- Cinchona macrocalyx var. obtusifolia Pavón ex DC.
- Cinchona macrocalyx var. uritusinga Pav. ex DC.
- Cinchona obtusifolia Pav. ex DC.
- Cinchona officinalis var. bonplandiana-colorata Howard
- Cinchona officinalis var. bonplandiana-lutea Howard
- Cinchona officinalis var. condaminea (Bonpl.) Howard
- Cinchona officinalis var. crispa (Tafalla ex Howard) Howard
- Cinchona officinalis var. uritusinga (Pav. ex DC.) Howard
- Cinchona palton Pav.
- Cinchona peruviana Mutis
- Cinchona suberosa Pav. ex Howard.
- Cinchona uritusinga Pav. ex Howard
- Cinchona violacea Pav. ex Howard
- Cinchona weddelliana Kuntze
- Hindsia subandina Krause
- Quinquina officinalis (L.) Kuntze
- Quinquina palton (Pav.) Kuntze
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Cinchona officinalis is a South American tree in the family Rubiaceae. It is native to wet montane forests in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia, between 1600–2700 meters above sea level.