Qualea
| 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: | Aubl. |
| Species[1] | |
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53, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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.[2][3] Some species of Qualea have medicinal properties.[4]
Species
53 species are accepted.[1]
- Qualea acuminata Spruce ex Warm.
- Qualea amapaensis Balslev & S.A.Mori
- Qualea amoena Ducke
- Qualea brasiliana Stafleu & Marc.-Berti
- Qualea brevipedicellata Stafleu
- Qualea caerulea Aubl.
- Qualea calantha Pilg.
- Qualea calophylla Pittier
- Qualea clavata Stafleu
- Qualea cordata Spreng.
- Qualea cordata var. dichotoma (Mart.) M.Lisboa & K.Yamam. (synonym Qualea dichotoma (Mart.) Warm.)
- Qualea cryptantha (Spreng.) Warm.
- Qualea cyanea Ducke
- Qualea cymulosa Schery
- Qualea decorticans Ducke
- Qualea densiflora Warm.
- Qualea dinizii Ducke
- Qualea elegans Taub.
- Qualea gestasiana A.St.-Hil.
- Qualea glaziovii Warm.
- Qualea gracilior Pilg.
- Qualea grandiflora Mart.
- Qualea hannekesaskiarum Marc.-Berti
- Qualea homosepala Ducke
- Qualea impexa J.F.Macbr.
- Qualea ingens Warm. – "arrayán" (Colombia)
- Qualea insignis G.H.Shimizu, D.J.P.Gonç., F.França & K.Yamam.
- Qualea johannabakkerae Marc.-Berti
- Qualea labouriauana Paula
- Qualea lineata Stafleu
- Qualea lundii (Warm.) Warm.
- Qualea macropetala Spruce ex Warm.
- Qualea magna Kuhlm.
- Qualea marioniae Marc.-Berti
- Qualea megalocarpa Stafleu
- Qualea mori-boomii Marc.-Berti
- Qualea multiflora Mart.
- Qualea panamensis Marc.-Berti
- Qualea paraensis Ducke
- Qualea parviflora Mart.
- Qualea polychroma Stafleu
- Qualea psidiifolia Spruce ex Warm.
- Qualea pulcherrima Spruce ex Warm.
- Qualea rosea Aubl.
- Qualea rupicola Ducke
- Qualea schomburgkiana Warm.
- Qualea selloi Warm.
- Qualea sprucei Warm.
- Qualea suprema Ducke
- Qualea tessmannii Mildbr.
- Qualea themistoclesii Ducke
- Qualea tricolor Benoist
- Qualea tuberculata Stafleu
- Qualea wurdackii Marc.-Berti
References
- ^ a b c "Qualea Aubl". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
- ^ 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.