Qualea multiflora

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| taxon = Qualea multiflora

| authority = Mart.

| synonyms = *Qualea macroptera Link ex A.Dietr.

• Qualea multiflora var. glabra Mart.
• Qualea subvillosa Link ex A.Dietr.
• Qualea subvillosa var. glabrifolia Warm.

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Qualea multiflora is a species of tree in the family Vochysiaceae.{{Cite web|title=Qualea multiflora Mart. - Encyclopedia of Life|url=https://eol.org/pages/5497437|access-date=2021-09-20|website=eol.org}}{{cite web |title=Qualea multiflora |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/794990-Qualea-multiflora |website=iNaturalist |access-date=2021-09-20 |language=en-US}}

Trees in this species can grow up to 6 m tall.{{Cite journal|last=Custódio|first=Luciana Nascimento|last2=Carmo-Oliveira|first2=Renata|last3=Mendes-Rodrigues|first3=Clesnan|last4=Oliveira|first4=Paulo Eugênio|date=September 2014|title=Pre-dispersal seed predation and abortion in species of Callisthene and Qualea (Vochysiaceae) in a Neotropical savanna|url=https://doi.org/10.1590/0102-33062014abb3064|journal=Acta Botanica Brasilica|volume=28|issue=3|pages=309–320|doi=10.1590/0102-33062014abb3064|issn=0102-3306|doi-access=free}} The species has hairy leaves and extrafloral nectaries which possibly help reduce herbivory.{{Cite journal|last=Barônio|first=Gudryan Jackson|date=2012-05-22|title=Pilosidade foliar reduz herbivoria em folhas jovens e maduras de Qualea multiflora Mart. em cerrado stricto sensu|url=http://revistas.unisinos.br/index.php/neotropical/article/view/nbc.2012.72.06|journal=Neotropical Biology and Conservation|language=pt|volume=7|issue=2|pages=122–128|doi=10.4013/nbc.2012.72.06|issn=2236-3777|doi-access=free}} Q. multiflora gets pollinated by bees in he uses like Xylocopa and Centris.{{Cite journal|last=Buzatti|first=Renata Santiago de Oliveira|last2=Lemos-Filho|first2=José Pires|last3=Bueno|first3=Marcelo Leandro|last4=Lovato|first4=Maria Bernadete|date=2017-10-31|title=Multiple Pleistocene refugia in the Brazilian cerrado: evidence from phylogeography and climatic nichemodelling of two Qualea species (Vochysiaceae)|url=https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/box062|journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society|volume=185|issue=3|pages=307–320|doi=10.1093/botlinnean/box062|issn=0024-4074|url-access=subscription}}

The species is native to neotropics in countries like Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Peru.{{Cite web|title=Qualea multiflora Mart. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science|url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:870957-1|access-date=2021-09-20|website=Plants of the World Online|language=en}} The species naturally grows in acid soils.{{Cite book|last1=Ahammed|first1=Golam Jalal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pft6DAAAQBAJ&q=Qualea+multiflora&pg=PA141|title=Plant Hormones under Challenging Environmental Factors|last2=Yu|first2=Jing-Quan|date=2016-06-17|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-94-017-7758-2|pages=141|language=en}}