# Qualea

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***Qualea*** is a [flowering plant](/source/Flowering_plant) [genus](/source/Genus) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Vochysiaceae](/source/Vochysiaceae). These plants occur in the [Neotropics](/source/Neotropics) and their wood makes good [timber](/source/Timber) and [firewood](/source/Firewood) and is used in construction.[1][2] Some species of *Qualea* have medicinal properties.[3]

## Species

There are 53 species assigned to this genus:[4]

- *[Qualea acuminata](/source/Qualea_acuminata)* Spruce ex Warm.
- *[Qualea amapaensis](/source/Qualea_amapaensis)* Balslev & S.A.Mori
- *[Qualea amoena](/source/Qualea_amoena)* Ducke
- *[Qualea brasiliana](/source/Qualea_brasiliana)* Stafleu & Marc.-Berti
- *[Qualea brevipedicellata](/source/Qualea_brevipedicellata)* Stafleu
- *[Qualea caerulea](/source/Qualea_caerulea)* Aubl.
- *[Qualea calantha](/source/Qualea_calantha)* Pilg.
- *[Qualea calophylla](/source/Qualea_calophylla)* Pittier
- *[Qualea clavata](/source/Qualea_clavata)* Stafleu
- *[Qualea cordata](/source/Qualea_cordata)* [Spreng.](/source/Spreng.) - *Qualea cordata* var. *dichotoma* (Mart.) M.Lisboa & K.Yamam. (synonym *[Qualea dichotoma](/source/Qualea_dichotoma)* ([Mart.](/source/Carl_Friedrich_Philipp_von_Martius)) [Warm.](/source/Warm.))
- *[Qualea cryptantha](/source/Qualea_cryptantha)* (Spreng.) Warm.
- *[Qualea cyanea](/source/Qualea_cyanea)* Ducke
- *[Qualea cymulosa](/source/Qualea_cymulosa)* Schery
- *[Qualea decorticans](/source/Qualea_decorticans)* Ducke
- *[Qualea densiflora](/source/Qualea_densiflora)* Warm.
- *[Qualea dinizii](/source/Qualea_dinizii)* Ducke
- *[Qualea elegans](/source/Qualea_elegans)* Taub.
- *[Qualea gestasiana](/source/Qualea_gestasiana)* A.St.-Hil.
- *[Qualea glaziovii](/source/Qualea_glaziovii)* Warm.
- *[Qualea gracilior](/source/Qualea_gracilior)* Pilg.
- *[Qualea grandiflora](/source/Qualea_grandiflora)* [Mart.](/source/Carl_Friedrich_Philipp_von_Martius)
- *[Qualea hannekesaskiarum](/source/Qualea_hannekesaskiarum)* Marc.-Berti
- *[Qualea homosepala](/source/Qualea_homosepala)* Ducke
- *[Qualea impexa](/source/Qualea_impexa)* J.F.Macbr.
- *[Qualea ingens](/source/Qualea_ingens)* Warm. – *"arrayán"* ([Colombia](/source/Colombia))
- *[Qualea insignis](/source/Qualea_insignis)* G.H.Shimizu, D.J.P.Gonç., F.França & K.Yamam.
- *[Qualea johannabakkerae](/source/Qualea_johannabakkerae)* Marc.-Berti
- *[Qualea labouriauana](/source/Qualea_labouriauana)* Paula
- *[Qualea lineata](/source/Qualea_lineata)* Stafleu
- *[Qualea lundii](/source/Qualea_lundii)* (Warm.) Warm.
- *[Qualea macropetala](/source/Qualea_macropetala)* Spruce ex Warm.
- *[Qualea magna](/source/Qualea_magna)* Kuhlm.
- *[Qualea marioniae](/source/Qualea_marioniae)* Marc.-Berti
- *[Qualea megalocarpa](/source/Qualea_megalocarpa)* Stafleu
- *[Qualea mori-boomii](/source/Qualea_mori-boomii)* Marc.-Berti
- *[Qualea multiflora](/source/Qualea_multiflora)* [Mart.](/source/Carl_Friedrich_Philipp_von_Martius)
- *[Qualea panamensis](/source/Qualea_panamensis)* Marc.-Berti
- *[Qualea paraensis](/source/Qualea_paraensis)* Ducke
- *[Qualea parviflora](/source/Qualea_parviflora)* [Mart.](/source/Carl_Friedrich_Philipp_von_Martius)
- *[Qualea polychroma](/source/Qualea_polychroma)* Stafleu
- *[Qualea psidiifolia](/source/Qualea_psidiifolia)* Spruce ex Warm.
- *[Qualea pulcherrima](/source/Qualea_pulcherrima)* Spruce ex Warm.
- *[Qualea rosea](/source/Qualea_rosea)* Aubl.
- *[Qualea rupicola](/source/Qualea_rupicola)* Ducke
- *[Qualea schomburgkiana](/source/Qualea_schomburgkiana)* Warm.
- *[Qualea selloi](/source/Qualea_selloi)* Warm.
- *[Qualea sprucei](/source/Qualea_sprucei)* Warm.
- *[Qualea suprema](/source/Qualea_suprema)* Ducke
- *[Qualea tessmannii](/source/Qualea_tessmannii)* Mildbr.
- *[Qualea themistoclesii](/source/Qualea_themistoclesii)* Ducke
- *[Qualea tricolor](/source/Qualea_tricolor)* Benoist
- *[Qualea tuberculata](/source/Qualea_tuberculata)* Stafleu
- *[Qualea wurdackii](/source/Qualea_wurdackii)* Marc.-Berti

## 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*](https://books.google.com/books?id=x3YwAAAAYAAJ). U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. pp. 60–61.

1. Gérard, Jean; Guibal, Daniel; Paradis, Sébastien; Cerre, Jean-Claude (2017). [*Tropical timber atlas: Technological characteristics and uses*](https://books.google.com/books?id=0t5FDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA555). Editions Quae. p. 555. ISBN 9782759227983.

1. Quattrocchi, Umberto (2016). [*CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology (5 Volume Set)*](https://books.google.com/books?id=-37OBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA3155). CRC Press. p. 3155. ISBN 9781482250640.

1. ["*Qualea* Aubl."](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:41631-1). *[Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online)*. [Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew](/source/Royal_Botanic_Gardens,_Kew). Retrieved 23 July 2025.

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