Cinchona nitida is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is a shrub or tree with pink flowers and capsule fruits. The species is native to Peru.
Cinchona nitida was described in 1799, and is listed as Endangered by the IUCN.
Taxonomy The species was described by Hipólito Ruiz López and José Antonio Pavón Jiménez in 1799. Paul Carpenter Standley treated Cinchona nitida as a synonym of Cinchona officinalis.
Distribution Cinchona nitida is native to the wet tropical biome of Huánuco, Peru. It grows mainly in elfin forests and boggy areas, at elevations of .
Description Cinchona nitida is a shrub or tree that grows up to high.
The leaves are obovate, more or less papery when dry, long, wide, and sometimes have small, indistinct domatia. The leaf stems are long.
The calyx is long, and has triangular, long lobes. The corolla is a pinkish tube, measuring long, and has long lobes.
The fruits are dehiscent capsules, measuring long, and wide. The endocarp is papery. The seeds are irregularly oblong, long, and wide.
Conservation In 2022, the IUCN assessed Cinchona nitida as Endangered.
Nomenclature In Spanish, the species is known as , , , , , or .
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