cinchona

1. Medicinal bark of cinchona trees;
   Source of quinine and quinidine (synset 112685471)
   is a type of: bark - tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants
   is a part of: chinchona, cinchona - any of several trees of the genus Cinchona
   same as: cinchona bark, jesuit's bark, peruvian bark
2. Any of several trees of the genus Cinchona (synset 112684565)
   is a type of: tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
   subtypes:

   • cartagena bark, cinchona cordifolia, cinchona lancifolia - Colombian tree; source of Cartagena bark (a cinchona bark)
   • calisaya, cinchona calisaya, cinchona ledgeriana, cinchona officinalis - Peruvian shrub or small tree having large glossy leaves and cymes of fragrant yellow to green or red flowers; cultivated for its medicinal bark
   • cinchona pubescens, cinchona tree - small tree of Ecuador and Peru having very large glossy leaves and large panicles of fragrant pink flowers; cultivated for its medicinal bark
   belongs to: genus chinchona, genus cinchona - large genus of trees of Andean region of South America having medicinal bark
   has: cinchona, cinchona bark, jesuit's bark, peruvian bark - medicinal bark of cinchona trees; source of quinine and quinidine
   same as: chinchona

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