cinchona

Synonyms:

chinchona

Types:

Cartagena bark, Cinchona cordifolia, Cinchona lancifolia

Colombian tree; source of Cartagena bark (a cinchona bark)

Cinchona calisaya, Cinchona ledgeriana, Cinchona officinalis, calisaya

Peruvian shrub or small tree having large glossy leaves and cymes of fragrant yellow to green or red flowers; cultivated for its medicinal bark

Cinchona pubescens, cinchona tree

small tree of Ecuador and Peru having very large glossy leaves and large panicles of fragrant pink flowers; cultivated for its medicinal bark

Type of:

tree

a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

Synonyms:

Jesuit's bark, Peruvian bark, cinchona bark

Type of:

bark

tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants