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Cedrela odorata L.

Meliaceae

SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, Bahamas, West Indies) South America int M S Africa (tropics) and N M Oceania (tropics)

SC SE

hel hyg->xer acid->basi calc sili

cl (in Haiti, protection against witches by planting the tree at the entrance of house-and-yard compound, bathing in a bark bath, or placing pieces of wood and bark above windows and doors) dr (roots bark is used to reduce fever and pain, trunk bark is harvested to prepare a decoction for inducing abortions and the seeds are believed to have vemifugal properties) [ex] fd (honey) fr (flowers are visited by bees) fw (fuel) ma pl (border trees, living fences, ornamental) pp sa (shade and windbreaks tree in garden and coffee groves) ti (boat, boxes, cabinet work, canoe, cigar boxes, coffins manufacturing, construction, cupboard, decorative veneer, doors, furniture, general carpentry, interior trim, interior veneer, jewelry boxes, light construction, musical instruments, ornamental boxes, paneling, plywood, ship building, storage containers, toothpick, turned work, veneer, wardrobes, wooden novelties)

Cedrela adenophylla Mart. Cedrela brachystachya (C.DC.) C.DC. Cedrela ciliolata S.F.Blake Cedrela cubensis Bisse Cedrela dugesii S.Watson Cedrela glaziovii C.DC. Cedrela guianensis A.Juss. Cedrela hassleri (C.DC.) C.DC. Cedrela longipes S.F.Blake Cedrela longipetiolulata Harms Cedrela mexicana M.Roem. Cedrela mexicana var. puberula C.DC. Cedrela mourae C.DC. Cedrela occidentalis C.DC. & Rose Cedrela odorata var. xerogeiton Rizzini & Heringer Cedrela palustris Handro Cedrela paraguariensis Mart. Cedrela paraguariensis var. hassleri C.DC. Cedrela rotunda S.F.Blake Cedrela sintenisii C.DC. Cedrela velloziana M.Roem. Cedrela whitfordii S.F.Blake Cedrela yucatana S.F.Blake Surenus brownii (Loefl. ex Kuntze) Kuntze Surenus glaziovii (C.DC.) Kuntze Surenus guianensis (A.Juss.) Kuntze Surenus mexicana (M.Roem.) Kuntze Surenus velloziana (M.Roem.) Kuntze

cigarbox cedrela; cedar (Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago); cedrela; cedrela cigarbox (Puerto Rico); cedrela-cigar box (USA); cedrela-cigarbox (Puerto Rico, USA); Central American cedar, cigar box cedar; cigar-box cedar (Panama); cigarbox, cigarbox cedar; cigarbox-cedar (Puerto Rico, USA); Cuban cigar box, Cuban-cigarbox (UK); Honduras cedar, Honduras-cedar, Jamaican cedar, Jamaican-cedar (Jamaica); Mexican cedar, Mexican cedrela, Méxican cedar (UK); Mexican-cedar (UK, Jamaica); red cedar (Guyana, Honduras, Trinidad and Tobago); Spanish cedar (Bahamas, Honduras, Panama, Puerto Rico, USA); Spanish cigarbox (UK); Spanish-cedar (USA); Spanish-cigar box; Spanish-cigarbox (UK); West Indian cedar; West-Indies cedar (UK); West-Indies-cedar (Bahamas, UK)

cédrela rouge; acajou (Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Trinidad); acajou à meuble; acajou à meubles (Guadeloupe); acajou à planches (Haiti); acajou amer p.p. (Guadeloupe); acajou femelle (Haiti); acajou pays (Guadeloupe); acajou rouge (Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Trinidad); acajou senti (Guadeloupe); acajou-bois, acajou-meuble, acajou-pays, acajou-senti, cedre rouge; cedre spagnol, cèdre blanc, cèdre espagnol (Haiti); cèdre odorant; cèdre, cèdre rouge (Haiti); cédrel

cedrelo (Colombia); cedro (Bolivia, Caribbean, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru, Venezuela); cedro amargo (Costa Rica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela); cedro amarillo (Venezuela); cedro del país (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico); cedro hembra (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); cedro blanco (Colombia, Costa Rica); cedro caoba (Colombia, Cuba); cedro cara (Ecuador); cedro cebolla (Panama); cedro cebollo, cedro clavel (Colombia); cedro cóbano, cedro cobono (Central America); cedro colorado (Mexico, Peru, Venezuela); cedro cubano (Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic); cedro de altura (Peru); cedro de Castilla (Ecuador, Venezuela); cedro dulce (Costa Rica); cedro español (Puerto Rico); cedro macho (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); cedro olorosa (Colombia); cedro oloroso (Colombia, Honduras); cedro paraiso (Argentina); cedro pardo; cedro real (El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua); cedro rojo (Belize, Mexico, Venezuela); cedro rosa; cedro rosado (Venezuela); cedro vermelho, cedro-hembra, cedrovermehlo; cóbano (Costa Rica); culche (Mexico); mogno (Bolivia)

acajou de Cayenne (creole, Haiti); acajú (Brazil); cédé (aukaans); ceder (Suriname); cédrat (French Guiana); cèdre rouge (creole, Haiti); Cedrelholz (german); cedro, cedrovermelho (Brazil); chujté (tzeltal); icte, icté (huasteco, Mexico); kajou femèl, kajou planch (creole, Haiti); kurana; leli (Curaçao); mogno (Bolivia); sèd, sèd blanc, sèd panyol (creole, Haiti); tiocuáhuitl (nahuatl, Mexico); Westindisches Zedernholz, Zuckerkistenholz (german)

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Latin name	Cedrela odorata L.
Family	Meliaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, Bahamas, West Indies) South America int M S Africa (tropics) and N M Oceania (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	D
Ecology	hel hyg->xer acid->basi calc sili
Use	cl (in Haiti, protection against witches by planting the tree at the entrance of house-and-yard compound, bathing in a bark bath, or placing pieces of wood and bark above windows and doors) dr (roots bark is used to reduce fever and pain, trunk bark is harvested to prepare a decoction for inducing abortions and the seeds are believed to have vemifugal properties) [ex] fd (honey) fr (flowers are visited by bees) fw (fuel) ma pl (border trees, living fences, ornamental) pp sa (shade and windbreaks tree in garden and coffee groves) ti (boat, boxes, cabinet work, canoe, cigar boxes, coffins manufacturing, construction, cupboard, decorative veneer, doors, furniture, general carpentry, interior trim, interior veneer, jewelry boxes, light construction, musical instruments, ornamental boxes, paneling, plywood, ship building, storage containers, toothpick, turned work, veneer, wardrobes, wooden novelties)
Synonym	Cedrela adenophylla Mart. Cedrela brachystachya (C.DC.) C.DC. Cedrela ciliolata S.F.Blake Cedrela cubensis Bisse Cedrela dugesii S.Watson Cedrela glaziovii C.DC. Cedrela guianensis A.Juss. Cedrela hassleri (C.DC.) C.DC. Cedrela longipes S.F.Blake Cedrela longipetiolulata Harms Cedrela mexicana M.Roem. Cedrela mexicana var. puberula C.DC. Cedrela mourae C.DC. Cedrela occidentalis C.DC. & Rose Cedrela odorata var. xerogeiton Rizzini & Heringer Cedrela palustris Handro Cedrela paraguariensis Mart. Cedrela paraguariensis var. hassleri C.DC. Cedrela rotunda S.F.Blake Cedrela sintenisii C.DC. Cedrela velloziana M.Roem. Cedrela whitfordii S.F.Blake Cedrela yucatana S.F.Blake Surenus brownii (Loefl. ex Kuntze) Kuntze Surenus glaziovii (C.DC.) Kuntze Surenus guianensis (A.Juss.) Kuntze Surenus mexicana (M.Roem.) Kuntze Surenus velloziana (M.Roem.) Kuntze
English name	cigarbox cedrela; cedar (Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago); cedrela; cedrela cigarbox (Puerto Rico); cedrela-cigar box (USA); cedrela-cigarbox (Puerto Rico, USA); Central American cedar, cigar box cedar; cigar-box cedar (Panama); cigarbox, cigarbox cedar; cigarbox-cedar (Puerto Rico, USA); Cuban cigar box, Cuban-cigarbox (UK); Honduras cedar, Honduras-cedar, Jamaican cedar, Jamaican-cedar (Jamaica); Mexican cedar, Mexican cedrela, Méxican cedar (UK); Mexican-cedar (UK, Jamaica); red cedar (Guyana, Honduras, Trinidad and Tobago); Spanish cedar (Bahamas, Honduras, Panama, Puerto Rico, USA); Spanish cigarbox (UK); Spanish-cedar (USA); Spanish-cigar box; Spanish-cigarbox (UK); West Indian cedar; West-Indies cedar (UK); West-Indies-cedar (Bahamas, UK)
French name	cédrela rouge; acajou (Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Trinidad); acajou à meuble; acajou à meubles (Guadeloupe); acajou à planches (Haiti); acajou amer p.p. (Guadeloupe); acajou femelle (Haiti); acajou pays (Guadeloupe); acajou rouge (Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Trinidad); acajou senti (Guadeloupe); acajou-bois, acajou-meuble, acajou-pays, acajou-senti, cedre rouge; cedre spagnol, cèdre blanc, cèdre espagnol (Haiti); cèdre odorant; cèdre, cèdre rouge (Haiti); cédrel
Spanish name	cedrelo (Colombia); cedro (Bolivia, Caribbean, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru, Venezuela); cedro amargo (Costa Rica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela); cedro amarillo (Venezuela); cedro del país (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico); cedro hembra (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); cedro blanco (Colombia, Costa Rica); cedro caoba (Colombia, Cuba); cedro cara (Ecuador); cedro cebolla (Panama); cedro cebollo, cedro clavel (Colombia); cedro cóbano, cedro cobono (Central America); cedro colorado (Mexico, Peru, Venezuela); cedro cubano (Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic); cedro de altura (Peru); cedro de Castilla (Ecuador, Venezuela); cedro dulce (Costa Rica); cedro español (Puerto Rico); cedro macho (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); cedro olorosa (Colombia); cedro oloroso (Colombia, Honduras); cedro paraiso (Argentina); cedro pardo; cedro real (El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua); cedro rojo (Belize, Mexico, Venezuela); cedro rosa; cedro rosado (Venezuela); cedro vermelho, cedro-hembra, cedrovermehlo; cóbano (Costa Rica); culche (Mexico); mogno (Bolivia)
Other name	acajou de Cayenne (creole, Haiti); acajú (Brazil); cédé (aukaans); ceder (Suriname); cédrat (French Guiana); cèdre rouge (creole, Haiti); Cedrelholz (german); cedro, cedrovermelho (Brazil); chujté (tzeltal); icte, icté (huasteco, Mexico); kajou femèl, kajou planch (creole, Haiti); kurana; leli (Curaçao); mogno (Bolivia); sèd, sèd blanc, sèd panyol (creole, Haiti); tiocuáhuitl (nahuatl, Mexico); Westindisches Zedernholz, Zuckerkistenholz (german)
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