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.

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] Caterpillars of the dalcerid moth Dalcera abrasa feed on Quaela parviflora.