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
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

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

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.