Qualea

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Myrtales

Familia: Vochysiaceae
Genus: Qualea
Species: Q. acuminata – Q. albiflora – Q. cassiquiarensis – Q. calantha – Q. coerulea – Q. cordata – Q. cryptantiia – Q. densiflora – Q. dichotoma – Q. ecalcarata – Q. elongata – Q. gardneriana – Q. gestasiana – Q. glauca – Q. glaziovii – Q. grandiflora – Q. impexa – Q. ingens – Q. intermedia – Q. jundiahy – Q. lundii – Q. marginata – Q. macropetala – Q. microphylla – Q. mulleriana – Q. multiflora – Q. parviflora – Q. perrini – Q. pilosa – Q. psidiifolia – Q. pulcherrima – Q. retusa – Q. rosea – Q. schomburgkiana – Q. selloi – Q. sprucei – Q. subvillosa – Q. trichanthera – Q. verticillata
Name

Qualea Aubl.

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

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.