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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. Some species of Qualea have medicinal properties.

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Qualea
Qualea dichotoma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Vochysiaceae
Genus: Qualea
Aubl.
Species1

53, see text

Synonyms1
  • Agardhia Spreng.
  • Amphilochia Mart.
  • Schuechia Endl.
Qualea rosea - MHNT source ↗

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.23 Some species of Qualea have medicinal properties.4

Species

There are 53 species assigned to this genus: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 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

References

  1. "Qualea Aubl". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  2. 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.
  3. Gérard, Jean; Guibal, Daniel; Paradis, Sébastien; Cerre, Jean-Claude (2017). Tropical timber atlas: Technological characteristics and uses. Editions Quae. p. 555. ISBN 9782759227983.
  4. 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.