Cinchona parabolica is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is a tree with papery leaves and dehiscent capsule fruits. The species is native to Ecuador and Peru, and was described in 1859.
Taxonomy The species was described by José Antonio Pavón Jiménez in 1859.
Distribution Cinchona parabolica is native to the wet tropical biome of south-eastern Ecuador and northern Peru. It grows at elevations of .
Description Cinchona parabolica is a tree that grows up to high.
When dry, the leaves are firm and papery. The leaves are wrinkled, long, wide, and ovate to obovate in shape. The leaf stems are long.
The calyx is long, and has long lobes. The corolla is a tube around long. The corolla lobes are around long.
The fruit is a dehiscent, long, wide capsule. The endocarp is firmly papery when dry. The seeds are long, and wide.
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