Noun: Cinchona calisaya
- Peruvian shrub or small tree having large glossy leaves and cymes of fragrant yellow to green or red flowers; cultivated for its medicinal bark
"Cinchona calisaya was once an important source of quinine";
- calisaya, Cinchona officinalis, Cinchona ledgeriana
Type of: chinchona [rare], cinchona
Part of: genus Chinchona [rare], genus Cinchona
Encyclopedia: Cinchona calisaya