Qualea

Genus of flowering plants

Qualea

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

Qualea rosea \- MHNT

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]

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[edit]

1. ^ 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.
2. ^ Gérard, Jean; Guibal, Daniel; Paradis, Sébastien; Cerre, Jean-Claude (2017). Tropical timber atlas: Technological characteristics and uses. Editions Quae. p. 555\. ISBN 9782759227983.
3. ^ 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.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q7268624
* Wikispecies: Qualea
* BioLib: 109466
* BOLD: 223850
* CoL: 76DR
* EoL: 5497362
* GBIF: 7288308
* GRIN: 10196
* iNaturalist: 181183
* IPNI: 41631-1
* IRMNG: 1060204
* NCBI: 27228
* Open Tree of Life: 217547
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:41631-1
* Tropicos: 40021642
* uBio: 4855150
* WFO: wfo-4000032353

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