Rose-pink Cinchona pubescens flowers with white hairs around the pedal edges
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Cinchona pubescens

A native tree to Colombia with a habitat between 2,000 and 11,000 feet. The bark contains an anti-malarial compound called quinine. Photographed in the eastern Andes mountain range of Colombia (Cordillera Oriental).

An inflorescence of rose-pink Cinchona pubescens flowers with white hairs around the pedal edges
Pink Cinchona pubescens flowers with fuzzy white petal borders
Panicles of rose-pink Cinchona pubescens flowers
Cinchona pubescens inflorescence with pink flowers under cloud cover
An inflorescence of rose-pink Cinchona pubescens flowers with white hairs around the pedal edges and flower buds
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