calisaya (n.)

  1. Peruvian shrub or small tree having large glossy leaves and cymes of fragrant yellow to green or red flowers; cultivated for its medicinal bark

    [ Syn: cinchona officinalis , cinchona ledgeriana , cinchona calisaya ]

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