Qualea

Qualea
Qualea dichotoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Vochysiaceae
Genus:	Qualea Aubl.
Species [1]
53, see text
Synonyms [1]
AgardhiaSpreng. AmphilochiaMart. SchuechiaEndl.

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. ^{[2] [3]} 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 cordata var. dichotoma(Mart.) M.Lisboa & K.Yamam. (synonym Qualea dichotoma (Mart.) Warm. )
• 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

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.