Taxon: Cinchona pubescens Vahl

• the 37 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• quinine   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – English
  
• red cinchona   (Source: Ency CNatIn ) – English
  
• red Peruvian-bark   (Source: Ency CNatIn ) – English
  
• redbark   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• quinquina rouge   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• quina-do-Amazonas   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese
  
• quineira   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• cascarilla   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• cinchona   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• rött kinaträd   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Food additives: flavoring   (bitter for tonic water & alcoholic beverages fide Ency CNatIn; Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Gene sources: graft stock for quinine   (fide Pl Res SEAs, A:85. 1989)
  
• Gene sources: potential gene source for yellow cinchona   (hybridizes fide F Ecuador)
  
• Materials: wood   (fide Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Pl Res SEAs 12(1):204. 1999; CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)
  
• Weed   (fide Invasive Pl Spec)
  

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View phytochemical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Mesoamerica: Costa Rica; Panama - Chiriqui
  Northern South America: Venezuela
  Western South America: Bolivia; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Cape Verde
• PACIFIC
  North-Central Pacific: United States - Hawaii
  Northwestern Pacific: Micronesia
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Caribbean: West Indies
  Western South America: Ecuador - Galapagos Islands

• also cultivated

References:

• Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica. [introduced].
• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Andersson, L. 1998. A revision of the genus Cinchona (Rubiaceae-Cinchoneae). Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 80:30.
• Bisset, N. G., ed. 1994. Herbal drugs and phytopharmaceuticals. A handbook for practice on a scientific basis.
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
• Encarnación, F. 1983. Nomenclatura de las especies forestales comunes en el Perú.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973–. Flora of Ecuador.
• Lasser, T., ed. 1964–. Flora de Venezuela.
• Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. [= C. succirubra].
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Macbride, J. F. et al., eds. 1936–1971. Flora of Peru.; new ser. 1980-
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Padua, L. S. de et al., eds. 1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 12(1):204.
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
• Soukup, J. 1973. Biota 9:325.
• Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala.
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds.
• Westphal, E. & P. C. M. Jansen, eds. 1989. A selection. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). A:83.
• Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943–1980. Flora of Panama.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Cinchona pubescens.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Cinchona pubescens.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Cinchona pubescens.

Synonyms:

• (=) Cinchona succirubra Pav. ex Klotzsch
  (previously associated with 28 accessions)

Check other web resources for Cinchona pubescens Vahl:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seeds: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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