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Taxon:  Cinchona calisaya Wedd.



Summary
Genus:
Cinchona
Family:
Rubiaceae
Subfamily:
Cinchonoideae
Tribe:
Cinchoneae
Nomen number:
10557
Place of publication:
Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 3, 10:6. 1848
Verified:
05/18/1998 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Cinchona calisaya Wedd. var. calisaya

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cinchona calisaya Wedd. var. ledgeriana Howard
Cinchona carabayensis Wedd.
Cinchona ledgeriana (Howard) Bern. Moens ex Trimen
Invalid Designation(s)
Cinchona officinalis auct. mult.
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Reference(s)
  1. American Herbal Products Association. 1992. Herbs of commerce
  2. Andersson, L. & A. Antonelli. 2005. Phylogeny of the tribe Cinchoneae (Rubiaceae), its position in Cinchonoideae, and description of a new genus, Ciliosemina. Taxon 54:17-28.
  3. Andersson, L. 1998. A revision of the genus Cinchona (Rubiaceae-Cinchoneae). Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 80:51.
  4. Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr. 1963-1968. Flora of Java.
  5. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
  6. Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
  7. Fischer, L. K. et al. 2009. Tree invasion in managed tropical forests facilitates endemic species. J. Biogeogr. 36:2251-2263. Note: together with Cinchona pubescens were introduced in Hawai'i in the 1940s, both species are considered invasives, although providing posistive effects on native understorey species
  8. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  9. Fosberg, F. R. et al. 1979-1982. Geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae/ Pteridophyta and Gymnospermae.
  10. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
  11. Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973-. Flora of Ecuador. Note: mentions
  12. Koblitz, H. et al. 1983. Studies on tissue cultures of the genus Cinchona L.- In vitro mass propagation through meristem-derived plants. Pl. Cell Rep. 2:95-97. Note: it recognized its current synonym Cinchona ledgeriana
  13. Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
  14. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  15. Macbride, J. F. et al., eds. 1936-. Flora of Peru Note: = Cinchona officinalis L.
  16. Maldonado, C. et al. 2017. Phylogeny predicts the quantity of antimalarial alkaloids within the iconic yellow Cinchona bark (Rubiaceae: Cinchona calisaya). Front. Plant Sci. 8:391. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00391.
  17. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
  18. Padua, L. S. de et al., eds. 1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(1):204. Note: = Cinchona officinalis
  19. Personal Care Products Council. INCI
  20. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Cinchona officinalis
  21. Reichel, S. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. German common names
  22. Walker, E. 1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands.
Common names
English
Chinabark –
ledgerbark –
quinine –
yellow cinchona –
yellowbark –
French
quinquina jaune –
German
Chinarindenbaum –
Chininbaum –
Fieberrindenbaum –
Portuguese
quina-amarela –
Portuguese (Brazil)
quina-quina –
quina-verdadeira –
quineira –
Spanish
árbol de la quina –
quino –
quinquina –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBolivia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeru  
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Southern America
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Peru
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Food additivesflavoringbitter for tonic water & alcoholic beveragesLeung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Medicinessource of quinidine & quininefide Import Medicinal Pl, as C. ledgeriana; Pl Res SEAs, A:83. 1989, as C. officinalis; Pl Res SEAs 12(1):204. 1999, as C. officinalis; Herbs Commerce ed2Farnsworth, N. R. & D. D. Soejarto. 1988. Global importance of medicinal plants (unpublished draft manuscript rev. 23)
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=10557. Accessed 3 May 2025.