Qualea parviflora
Species of tree
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Qualea parviflora, known as pau-terra in Portuguese, is a deciduous tree indigenous to Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay.[2] The tree favors dry climates like the tropical savanna of the cerrado.[3][4][5]
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| Qualea parviflora | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Vochysiaceae |
| Genus: | Qualea |
| Species: | Q. parviflora |
| Binomial name | |
| Qualea parviflora | |
Description
Qualea parviflora grows up to 8 m (26 ft) tall. It flowers between September and December. Each flower has one light purple petal, a single stamen, a spurred calyx, and a three-parted ovary. Pau-terra can be distinguished from a close relative Qualea multiflora by its smaller flowers.[6]
Illustration from Karl Friedrich Philipp von Martius's Nova genera et species plantarum
Ecology
The flowers are pollinated by bees.[6] The seeds are eaten by buprestid beetles and small Hymenoptera species.[6] Caterpillars of the dalcerid moth Dalcera abrasa feed on Quaela parviflora.[7]