Qualea
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 | |
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 Several, see text  | |

Qualea rosea - MHNT
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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