Cinchona officinalis L.

 
  • Family : RUBIACEAE
    (COFFEE FAMILY OR MADDER FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Rubiaceae
  • Species : Cinchona officinalis
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Cinchona officinalis L.
  • Common name : Quinine Bark Tree
  • Vernacular name : Koina (Tam.)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Flower, Fruit : October-December
  • Native : Central & South America
  • Comments : Often planted above 1100 m on hills. The wood is used extensively in extraction of 'Quinine', an anti-malarial drug.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district) (Tamil Nadu State); Sunkarimetta Hills (Visakhapatnam district) (Andhra Pradesh State)
  • World Distribution : South & Central America; Cultivated in Old World Tropics
  • Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Cinchona officinalis. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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