| Collector | Ellemann, L. |
| Number | 66536 |
| Collected with | |
| Country | Ecuador |
| Subpart | LOJA |
| County | |
| Locality | Loja-Zamora 12 km from Loja, on the finca of Dr. David Espinosa. Information of vernacular name and use: Daniel Chalán Cartuche, Saraguro-indian. |
| Coordinates | 3° 55' S 79° 9' W |
| Minimum elevation (m) | 2600 |
| Maximum elevation (m) | 2600 |
| Start date | 1988/10/01 |
| End date | 1988/10/01 |
| Family | Rubiaceae |
| Identification | Cinchona mutisii Lambert |
| Determined by | Andersson, L. (GB), 2003. |
| Identification qualifier | |
| Field notes | Shrub 1 1/2 m high, flowers dark red with white. Vernacular name: cascarilla. Use: to tan leather: is putting in hot water with salt and lime to make the water acid. Medicine: contain quinine which cures malaria. Fragments removed for DNA extraction by Lennart Andersson (GB), 2003. |
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