What is another word for cinchona?
Pronunciation: [sɪnt͡ʃˈə͡ʊnə] (IPA) 
Cinchona is a plant commonly used for producing the antimalarial drug, quinine. However, there are several synonyms for this name, which include Jesuit's bark, Peruvian bark, and quina-quina. The name Jesuit's bark stems from the historian's belief that the plant was introduced into Europe by Jesuit priests who learned of its medicinal properties from the South American indigenous peoples. Peruvian bark is another synonym for cinchona since it's widely native to the Peruvian Andes and the surrounding regions. Quina-quina is a term derived from the South American language Quechua, a native language spoken in the Andean regions, and it means "bark of barks".
