chinchona

• Cualquiera de varios árboles del género Cinchona, nativos de los Andes, cuya corteza es fuente de quinina y otros alcaloides medicinales.

Any of several trees of the genus Cinchona, native to the Andes, whose bark is a source of quinine and other medicinal alkaloids.

1. Tree of the genus CinchonaC1formalscientific

   Any of several trees or shrubs belonging to the genus Cinchona, native to the Andes, whose bark contains quinine and other alkaloids used to treat malaria.

   Árbol de quina

   • The cinchona tree is cultivated in tropical regions for its medicinal bark.
   • Quinine, derived from cinchona bark, was historically used to treat malaria.
   • The plantation grew several species of cinchona for pharmaceutical purposes.

   Sinónimoscinchona