✿Rubiaceae · Cinchona
Quinine
Cinchona calisaya
Tree
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Sikkim
- Flowering
- September-January
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Cinchona calisaya
- Genus
- Cinchona
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Cultivated
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- South America
- Distribution
- Cultivated in most parts of the world
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Sikkim
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-January
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Quinine itself; the rest are typical of the Rubiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Pinkrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Quinine itself; the rest are typical of the Rubiaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Quinine
Quinine (Cinchona calisaya) is a tree in the Rubiaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu and Sikkim. It is cultivated. Flowering and fruiting run from September to January.
Botanical family
Rubiaceae
Coffee/Madder family
Quinine belongs to the Rubiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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