Quinine
Cinchona calisaya
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Sikkim
- Flowering
- September-January
How to identify Quinine
Identify Quinine by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Bark historically the source of quinine.
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: Pink.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: September-January.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Sikkim.
- Confirm it sits within the Rubiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Quinine.
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.
Rubiaceae
Coffee/Madder family
Quinine belongs to the Rubiaceae family.
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