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Cinchona antioquiae

Cinchona antioquiae
Photo: Smithsonian Institution, NMNH, Botany, CC0

Cinchona antioquiae is a shrub or tree from the coffee family, native to the montane wet forests of Colombia, known for strongly fragrant pink or purple flowers. It is rarely grown in gardens; it needs a warm, humid, frost-free climate and well-drained, rich soil.

Family
Rubiaceae (Coffee family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep soil evenly moist during growth and avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Rich, well-drained, slightly acidic humus-rich mix.
Temperature
15–26 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
Colombia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Cinchona antioquiae is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is a shrub or tree with papery leaves, pink or purple flowers, and capsule fruits. The species is native to Colombia.

Cinchona antioquiae was described in 1998, and is listed as of Least Concern by the IUCN.

Where it grows

Cinchona antioquiae is native to the wet tropical biome of Colombia. The species grows in the Cordillera Central and Cordillera Occidental, at elevations of 1,600–1,800 metres (5,200–5,900 ft).

Other Cinchona plants

Cinchona anderssonii · Cinchona asperifolia · Cinchona barbacoensis · Quinine · Cinchona capuli · Cinchona fruticosa · Cinchona glandulifera · Cinchona hirsuta · Cinchona krauseana · Cinchona lancifolia · Cinchona lucumifolia · Cinchona macrocalyx

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cinchona antioquiae by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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