Cinchona hirsuta is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is a tree with papery leaves, reddish flowers, and capsule fruits. The species is native to Bolivia and Peru.
Cinchona hirsuta was described in 1799, and has been assessed as endangered by the IUCN.
Taxonomy The species was described by Hipólito Ruiz López and José Antonio Pavón Jiménez in 1799.
Distribution Cinchona hirsuta is native to the wet tropical biome of Bolivia and Peru. The species grows in forests, at elevations of .
Description Cinchona hirsuta is a tree that grows up to tall.
The leaf stems are long. The leaves are elliptical to obovate, firm and papery, long, and wide. The leaves may have small domatia.
The calyx is long, and has long lobes. The corolla is reddish, long, and tube-shaped. The corolla has long lobes.
The fruit is a more or less ellipsoid capsule, which is long, and wide. The capsule has a woody endocarp. The seeds are long, and wide.
Conservation In 2022, the IUCN assessed Cinchona hirsuta as endangered.
Nomenclature In Spanish, the species is known as , , , , , , or .
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