Rubiaceae
Quinine
Cinchona pubescens
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Genus
- Cinchona
Pet and kid safety: not checked yet. Check pet-safe plants
Is yours looking unwell? Scan your plant — free
Common names
By language (12)
- Basque
- Kinkina
- Bulgarian
- Хининово дърво
- Catalan
- Quina
- Chinese
- 鸡纳树, 红皮金鸡纳, 红金鸡纳, 毛鸡纳树, 红鸡纳树, 金鸡勒, 鸡纳树（红色金鸡纳）, 大葉金雞納樹
- Czech
- Chinovník pýřitý
- English
- Quinine
- Finnish
- Kiniinipuu
- hsb
- Chinski skorowc
- Hungarian
- Vörös kínafa
- Japanese
- アカキナノキ
- Polish
- Chinowiec soczystoczerwony
- Spanish
- Flor nacional de ecuador
Synonyms
- Cinchona caloptera Miq.
- Cinchona chomeliana Wedd.
- Cinchona colorata C.J.Laubert ex B.D.Jacks.
- Cinchona cordifolia Mutis ex Humb.
- Cinchona cordifolia Mutis
- Cinchona cordifolia var. macrocarpa Wedd. ex Howard
- Cinchona cordifolia var. microcarpa Howard
- Cinchona cordifolia var. peruviana Howard
- Cinchona cordifolia var. rotundifolia (Pav. ex Lamb.) Wedd.
- Cinchona cordifolia var. vera Wedd.
- Cinchona coronulata Miq.
- Cinchona decurrentifolia Pav.
- Cinchona elliptica Wedd.
- Cinchona goudotiana Klotzsch ex Triana
- Cinchona govana Miq.
- Cinchona howardiana Kuntze
- Cinchona lechleriana Schltdl.
- Cinchona lutea Pav.
- Cinchona morado Ruiz
- Cinchona obovata Pav. ex Howard
- Cinchona ovata Ruiz & Pav.
- Cinchona ovata var. rufinervis (Wedd.) Wedd.
- Cinchona ovata var. vulgaris Wedd.
- Cinchona palescens Vell.
- Cinchona pallescens Ruiz ex Vell.
- Cinchona pallescens Ruiz ex DC.
- Cinchona pallescens Ruiz ex Vitman
- Cinchona pallescens var. ovata (Ruiz & Pav.) Howard
- Cinchona pelalba Pav. ex DC.
- Cinchona pelletieriana Wedd.
- Cinchona platyphylla Wedd.
- Cinchona pubescens var. cordata DC.
- Cinchona pubescens var. ovata (Ruiz & Pav.) DC.
- Cinchona pubescens var. pelletieriana (Wedd.) Wedd.
- Cinchona pubescens var. purpurea (Ruiz & Pav.) Wedd.
- Cinchona purpurascens Wedd.
- Cinchona purpurea Vell.
- Cinchona purpurea Ruiz & Pav.
- Cinchona rosulenta Howard ex Wedd.
- Cinchona rotundifolia Pav. ex Lamb.
and 15 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced
Photos
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr [1], CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: G.F.J., CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Klockrike, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Maša Sinreih in Valentina Vivod, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: C T Johansson, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: C T Johansson, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Cinchona
- QuinineCinchona officinalisRubiaceae
- QuinineCinchona calisayaRubiaceae
- Cinchona lancifoliaRubiaceae
- Cinchona micranthaRubiaceae
- Cinchona mutisiiRubiaceae
- Cinchona nitidaRubiaceae
- Cinchona pitayensisRubiaceae
- Cinchona antioquiaeRubiaceae
- Cinchona asperifoliaRubiaceae
- Cinchona barbacoensisRubiaceae
- Cinchona capuliRubiaceae
- Cinchona fruticosaRubiaceae
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.