Qualea cordata

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.

Qualea cordata
Qualea cordata var. dichotoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Vochysiaceae
Genus:	Qualea
Species:	Q. cordata
Binomial name
Qualea cordata Spreng.
Varieties[1]
Qualea cordata var. cordata Qualea cordata var. dichotoma (Mart.) M.Lisboa & K.Yamam. Qualea cordata var. elongata (Warm.) T.Samp. & A.M.Teles Qualea cordata var. grandifolia Warm. Qualea cordata var. intermedia (Warm.) Stafleu

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