Cinchona fruticosa

Cinchona fruticosa is a shrub. It grows to around 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) high. The leaf stems are 1–1.6 centimetres (0.39–0.63 in) long. The leaves are papery when dry, ovate to elliptical and shape, 5.6–9 centimetres (2.2–3.5 in) long, and 2–4.6 centimetres (0.79–1.81 in) wide. The calyx is around 3.2 millimetres (0.13 in) long, and has narrowly triangular lobes. The lobes are around 1.7 millimetres (0.067 in) long. The corolla is a pink tube around 8 millimetres (0.31 in) long, and has lobes which are around 3.3 millimetres (0.13 in) long. The fruits are dehiscent capsules, which are 6–14 millimetres (0.24–0.55 in) long, and 3–5 millimetres (0.12–0.20 in) wide. The endocarp is more or less papery. The seeds are irregularly oblong, 3.6–4.4 millimetres (0.14–0.17 in) long, and up to 1.5 millimetres (0.059 in) wide.

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Cinchona fruticosa is native to the wet tropical biome of Amazonas, Peru. The species has been found in open glades, in cloud forests dominated by Puya. It has been found at altitudes of 2,200–3,350 metres (7,220–10,990 ft).