Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cinchona pitayensis (Wedd.) Wedd. [Rubiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
quina	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
quina roja	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cinchona corymbosa H.Karst. Fl. Columb. 1: 19 (1859).
Cinchona condaminea var. pitayensis Wedd. Hist. Nat. Quinquinas: 38 (1849).
Cinchona pitayensis var. trianae (H.Karst.) Wedd. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 5, 11: 359 (1869).
Cinchona trianae H.Karst. Fl. Columb. 1: 45 (1860).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cinchona corymbosa Karsten	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Cinchona pitayensis	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Cinchona pitayensis (Wedd.) Wedd.	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Cinchona pitayensis Wedd.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015)
Cinchona pitayensis Weddel	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Cinchona pitayensis Weddell	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)

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