Cinchona Rubra

Cinchona rubra, red cinchona, is the bark of C. Succirubra or of its hybrids, containing not less than 5% of cinchona alkaloids. From it is prepared the compound tincture of cinchona. 

Peruvian bark. 1. Cinchona pallida. Pale bark. 2. Cinchona rubra. Red bark. 3. Cinchona flava. Yellow bark. Cinchona lancifolia. Lond. 10. Cortex. The bark. Cinchona oblongifolia. Lond. 10. Cortex. The bark. Cinchona cordifolia. Lond. 10. Cortex. The bark. 

Common/vernacular names Red bark, red Peruvian bark, cinchona rubra (C. pubescens), yellow bark, calisaya bark, ledger bark, brown bark, cinchona flava (C. calisaya and C. ledgeriana), Jesuit s bark, Peruvian bark, China bark, cortex chinae, and fever tree. 

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