Qualea is a flowering plant genus in the family Vochysiaceae. These plants occur in the Neotropics and their wood makes good timber and firewood and is used in construction.[1][2] Some species of Qualea have medicinal properties.[3]
| Qualea | |
|---|---|
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| Qualea dichotoma | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Vochysiaceae |
| Genus: | Qualea Aubl. |
| Species | |
Several, see text | |
Species include:
- Qualea calantha
- Qualea cordata Spreng.
- Qualea dichotoma (Mart.) Warm.
- Qualea elegans Taub.
- Qualea glauca Warm.
- Qualea grandiflora Mart.
- Qualea grandifolia Mart.
- Qualea impexa
- Qualea ingens Warm. – "arrayán" (Colombia)
- Qualea multiflora Mart.
- Qualea parviflora Mart.
- Qualea polychroma
- Qualea tessmannii