Qualea cordata
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| Qualea cordata | |
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| 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 | |
| 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.