Cinchona glandulifera is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is a shrub or tree with papery leaves, and dehiscent capsule fruits. The species is native to Peru.
Cinchona glandulifera was described in 1802, and is listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN.
Taxonomy The species was described by Hipólito Ruiz López and José Antonio Pavón Jiménez in 1802.
Distribution Cinchona glandulifera is native to the wet tropical biome of east-central Peru. It grows at elevations of .
Description Cinchona glandulifera is a shrub or tree.
The leaves are thinly papery when dry, long, wide, and ovate, elliptical, or more or less oblong in shape. The leaves have domatia. The leaf stems are long.
The calyx is long, and has triangular lobes, which are long. The corolla is a long tube, which has long lobes.
The fruit is a dehiscent capsule, which is long, and wide. The endocarp is papery. The seeds are irregularly elliptical, long, and wide.
Cinchona glandulifera is similar to Cinchona villosa.
Conservation In 2022, the IUCN assessed Cinchona glandulifera as Critically Endangered.
Nomenclature In Spanish, the species is known as , , , or .
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