Cinchona capuli is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is a tree with papery leaves, reddish flowers, and capsule fruits. The species is native to Ecuador.
Cinchona capuli was described in 1994, and is listed as Near Threatened by the IUCN.
Taxonomy The species was described by Bengt Lennart Andersson in 1994.
Distribution Cinchona capuli is native to the wet tropical biome of central and southern Ecuador. It grows in the eastern Andes, at elevations of .
Description Cinchona capuli is a tree. It grows up to high, and wide at breast height.
The leaves are thin, elliptical to obovate, papery when dry, long, and wide. The leaves have domatia. The leaf stems are long.
The calyx is long, and has long lobes. The corolla is a reddish tube, measuring long. The corolla has long lobes.
The fruits is a dehiscent, more or less cylindrical capsule, measuring long, and wide. The endocarp is papery. The seeds are long, and wide.
Cinchona capuli is similar to Cinchona pubescens, Cinchona barbacoensis, or Cinchona lancifolia.
Conservation In 2024, the IUCN assessed Cinchona capuli as Near Threatened.
Nomenclature In Spanish, the species is known as .
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