Qualea Explained

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

Notes and References

1. Book: Longwood . Franklin R. . Present and Potential Commercial Timbers of the Caribbean: With Special Reference to the West Indies, the Guianas, and British Honduras . 1962 . U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service . 60–61 . en.
2. Book: Gérard . Jean . Guibal . Daniel . Paradis . Sébastien . Cerre . Jean-Claude . Tropical timber atlas: Technological characteristics and uses . 2017 . Editions Quae . 9782759227983 . 555 . en.
3. Book: Quattrocchi . Umberto . CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology (5 Volume Set) . 2016 . CRC Press . 9781482250640 . 3155 . en.