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botanical illustration of Quinine, Cinchona spp

botanical record · discovered

Quinine

Cinchona spp

Quinine · Chinarindenbäume · Chinowiec · Cinchona Bark · Fever Tree · Jesuit’s bark · Kina · Kınakına · Quina · Quineiras · Quinine Tree · Quinine Trees · Quinos · Quinquina · Red Quinine · Yellow Quinine · chinovník · chinínovník · kiinapuut · Кининово дрво

At a glance

Origin / distribution: not documented

Cultural traditions: not documented

Recorded uses: not documented

Science studied: ALKALOIDS, ARICINE, CAFFEIC-ACID, CINCHOLIC-ACID-BETA-D-QUINOVOSIDE

Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗

Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.

Names and identity

Family: Rubiaceae

Scientific name: Cinchona spp

Common names: Quinine, Chinarindenbäume, Chinowiec, Cinchona Bark, Fever Tree, Jesuit’s bark, Kina, Kınakına, Quina, Quineiras, Quinine Tree, Quinine Trees, Quinos, Quinquina, Red Quinine, Yellow Quinine, chinovník, chinínovník, kiinapuut, Кининово дрво

History

Historical context is not documented in this record.

Origins and distribution

not documented in this record

Documented cultural uses

not documented in this record

Contemporary uses

Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.

Scientific research

Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.

Indexed research records

  • Climate change-informed habitat suitability and conservation priorities for Cinchona spp. in eastern DRC · 2025 source ↗
  • Bitter plants used as substitute of Cinchona spp. (quina) in Brazilian traditional medicine. · 2013 source ↗

Scientific compounds

Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.

  • ALKALOIDS
  • ARICINE
  • CAFFEIC-ACID
  • CINCHOLIC-ACID-BETA-D-QUINOVOSIDE
  • CINCHONAIN-IB
  • CINCHONAIN-ID
  • CINCHONINE
  • CINCHOPHYLLAMINE
  • CONQUINAMINE
  • CUSCAMIDINE
  • CUSCONINE
  • DICONQUININE
  • DIHYDROQUINIDINE
  • EPIQUINAMINE
  • EPIQUINIDINE
  • FAT
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  • HYDROCINCHONIDINE
  • HYDROQUINIDINE
  • HYDROQUININE
  • ISOCINCHOPHYLLAMINE
  • PARICINE
  • PROCYANIDIN-B-5
  • PROCYANIDIN-C-1
  • PROTEIN
  • QUINAMINE
  • QUINIC-ACID
  • QUININIDINE
  • QUININE
  • QUINOVOSE
  • RESIN
  • STARCH
  • SUCIRUBINE
  • CINCHOFULVIC-ACID
  • CINCHONAIN-IC
  • CINCHONIDINE
  • CINCHOTANNIC-ACID
  • CUSCAMINE
  • DICINCHONINE
  • CINCHONAIN-IA
  • CINCHONAIN-IIB
  • CINCHOTINE
  • CUSCONIDINE
  • EPIQUININE
  • HOMOCINCHONINE
  • JAVANINE
  • PROANTHOCYANIDIN-A-2
  • QUINACIMINE
  • QUINICINE
  • QUINOVIC-ACID-BETA-D-QUINOVOSIDE
  • WAX
  • CINCHONAIN-IIA
  • ASH
  • (-)-EPICATECHIN
  • ALIZARIN-2-METHYL-ETHER
  • ALPHA-QUINOVINE
  • BETA-QUINOVINE
  • BETA-SITOSTEROL
  • CATECHIN-TANNINS
  • DIGIFERRUGINEOL
  • GALLO-TANNIN
  • METHYLSUCCIRUBINE
  • NORSOLORINIC-ACID
  • PERICINE
  • PHLOBAPHENE
  • PURPURIN-1-METHYL-ETHER
  • QUEBRACHOL
  • QUINIDINE
  • QUINOLIC-ACID-BETA-6-DESOXY-D-GLUCOSIDE
  • QUINOVIC-ACID
  • QUINOVIC-ACID-BETA-6-DESOXY-D-GLUCOSIDE
  • QUINOVIC-ACID-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
  • TANNINS
  • TETRA-O-GALLOYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSE
  • 10-METHOXYCINCHONAMINE
  • 3-ALPHA,17-ALPHA-CINCHOPHYLLINE
  • 3-ALPHA,17-BETA-CINCHOPHYLLINE
  • 3-EPIQUINAMINE
  • CATECHOL-TANNINS
  • CINCHONININE
  • CUPREINE
  • DIHYDROQUININE
  • EO
  • QUINOVIC-ACID-3-RHAMNOSIDE

Legality

Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.

Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.

Reference images

Cinchona spp
Cinchona spp · Winters, H. F

Sources

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0

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  • identity · DH-SRC-0030
  • documented_uses · DH-SRC-0030
  • compounds · DH-SRC-0030
  • taxonomy · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
  • common_names · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
  • countries · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗

CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive

Contributions and revisions

No published revisions are documented for this record. Community submissions enter review and retain attribution before any published change.

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