Cinchona fruticosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is a shrub with papery leaves, pink flowers, and capsule fruits. The species is native to Peru, and was described in 1998.
Taxonomy The species was described by Bengt Lennart Andersson in 1998.
Distribution 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 .
Description Cinchona fruticosa is a shrub. It grows to around high. The leaf stems are long. The leaves are papery when dry, ovate to elliptical and shape, long, and wide.
The calyx is around long, and has narrowly triangular lobes. The lobes are around long. The corolla is a pink tube around long, and has lobes which are around long.
The fruits are dehiscent capsules, which are long, and wide. The endocarp is more or less papery. The seeds are irregularly oblong, long, and up to wide.
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