It is a way to call the 35 species of plants (usually shrubs) from the family Rubiaceae which belong to the genus Cinchona. Also they say kinas, kinins, caps, machines, cascarillos. The most representative species is Cinchona pubescens, from which they extract quinine which is an alkaloid used as antimalarial, antipyretic, antiseptic and febrifuge. They may be considered invasive plants.
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