Genus of flowering plants
| Qualea | |
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| Qualea dichotoma | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Vochysiaceae |
| Genus: | Qualea Aubl. |
| Species | |
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Several, see text | |
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. Some species of Qualea have medicinal properties.
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
References※
- ^ Longwood, "Franklin R." (1962). Present and Potential Commercial Timbers of the Caribbean: With Special Reference——to the "West Indies," the Guianas. And British Honduras. U.S. Department of Agriculture, "Forest Service." pp. 60–61.
- ^ Gérard, Jean; Guibal, Daniel; Paradis, Sébastien; Cerre, Jean-Claude (2017). Tropical timber atlas: Technological characteristics. And uses. Editions Quae. p. 555. ISBN 9782759227983.
- ^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2016). CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology (5 Volume Set). CRC Press. p. 3155. ISBN 9781482250640.
