Qualea cordata
| Qualea cordata | |
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| Qualea cordata var. dichotoma | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Vochysiaceae |
| Genus: | Qualea |
| Species: | Q. cordata
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| Binomial name | |
| Qualea cordata | |
| Varieties[1] | |
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Qualea cordata is a species of flowering plant in the family Vochysiaceae. It is a shrub or tree native to eastern, central, and southern Brazil, eastern Bolivia, Paraguay, and Misiones Province of northeastern Argentina. Five varieties are accepted.[1] Var. dichotoma is known as jacaré and is popular street and garden tree in Brazil.
Varieties
Five varieties are accepted.[1]
- Qualea cordata var. cordata (synonyms Amphilochia cordata Mart. and Qualea cordata f. rupestris Hassl.) – eastern Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina (Misiones), and eastern, southern, and west-central Brazil
- Qualea cordata var. dichotoma (Mart.) M.Lisboa & K.Yamam. (synonyms Amphilochia dichotoma Mart. and Qualea dichotoma (Mart.) Warm. ex Wille) – eastern Bolivia and eastern, southern, and west-central Brazil
- Qualea cordata var. elongata (Warm.) T.Samp. & A.M.Teles (synonyms Qualea dichotoma var. elongata (Warm.) Stafleu, Qualea elongata Warm., and Qualea glauca Warm.) - southeastern and west-central Brazil
- Qualea cordata var. grandifolia Warm. – southeastern Brazil (Minas Gerais)
- Qualea cordata var. intermedia (Warm.) Stafleu – eastern Brazil
References
- ^ a b c "Qualea cordata Spreng". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 23 July 2025.