Cinchona: any of several trees and shrubs of the genus cinchona, native chiefly to the Andes and cultivated for bark that yields the medicinal alkaloids quinine and quinidine, which are used to treat malaria. 金鸡纳树:一种金鸡纳属的树木和灌木,原产于安第斯山区,其树皮含有治疗疟疾的药用生物碱奎宁和奎尼定,因而被栽植。