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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.
Caterpillars of the dalcerid moth Dalcera abrasa, a common pest of coffee plants, have also been found to feed on Q. parviflora.
Species include:
- Qualea calantha
- Qualea cordata Spreng.
- Qualea dichotoma ( Mart.) Warm.
- Qualea glauca Warm.
- Qualea grandiflora Mart.
- Qualea grandifolia Mart.
- Qualea impexa
- Qualea ingens Warm. – "arrayán" ( Colombia)
- Qualea multiflora Mart.
- Qualea parviflora Mart.
- Qualea polychroma