| 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.
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| Qualea | |
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