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Quinine

Cinchona calisaya Wedd.

Family
Rubiaceae
Genus
Cinchona

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Common names

By language (3)
Chinese
狭叶金鸡纳, 金鸡纳树, 金鸡勒, 金鸡纳, 金鸡纳树(黄色金纳), 黄金鸡纳, 小葉雞納樹
English
Quinine
Italian
Albero della china, Chinino

Synonyms

  • Cinchona amygdalifolia Wedd.
  • Cinchona australis Wedd.
  • Cinchona calisaya var. boliviana Wedd.
  • Cinchona calisaya var. josephiana Wedd.
  • Cinchona calisaya var. ledgeriana Howard
  • Cinchona calisaya var. microcarpa Wedd.
  • Cinchona calisaya var. oblongifolia Wedd.
  • Cinchona calisaya var. vera Wedd.
  • Cinchona carabayensis Wedd.
  • Cinchona carabayensis var. lanceolata Miq.
  • Cinchona delondriana Wedd.
  • Cinchona euneura Miq.
  • Cinchona forbesiana Howard
  • Cinchona forbesiana Howard ex Wedd.
  • Cinchona gammiana King
  • Cinchona gironensis Mutis
  • Cinchona hasskarliana Miq.
  • Cinchona josephiana (Wedd.) Wedd.
  • Cinchona ledgeriana (Howard) Bern.Moens ex Trimen
  • Cinchona officinalis var. josephiana (Wedd.) Cárdenas
  • Cinchona pahudiana Howard
  • Cinchona peruviana Howard
  • Cinchona peruviana var. vera Howard
  • Cinchona scrobiculata var. delondriana (Wedd.) Wedd.
  • Cinchona thwaitesii King
  • Cinchona weddelliana Kuntze
  • Cinchona weddelliana var. angustifolia Kuntze
  • Cinchona weddelliana var. multiscrobiculata Kuntze
  • Cinchona weddelliana var. rubrifolia Kuntze
  • Cinchona weddelliana var. rubrivenata Kuntze
  • Quinquina calisaya (Wedd.) Kuntze
  • Quinquina carabayensis (Wedd.) Kuntze
  • Quinquina carabayensis var. villosa Kuntze
  • Quinquina ledgeriana (Howard) Kuntze

Characteristics

In the US and Canada
Pacific Basin: introduced

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.