Cedrela odorata
Cigar box cedar; West Indian cedar; Central American cedar; Honduras cedar; Nicaragua cedar; Tabasco cedar
Other names
| International recognized trade name (ATIBT) | Cedro | |
| Deutsch | Westindische Zedrele; Wohlriechender Cedrobaum | |
| English | Cigar box cedar;West Indian cedar; Central American cedar; Honduras cedar; Nicaragua cedar; Tabasco cedar | |
| Français | Cédrele, L'Acajou amer, cédre rouge | |
| Italiano | Westindische Zedrele; Wohlriechender Cedrobaum | |
| Suomi | Westindische Zedrele; Wohlriechender Cedrobaum | |
| Norsk | Westindische Zedrele; Wohlriechender Cedrobaum | |
| Čeština | Westindische Zedrele; Wohlriechender Cedrobaum | |
| Español | Westindische Zedrele; Wohlriechender Cedrobaum | |
| Svenska | Westindische Zedrele; Wohlriechender Cedrobaum | |
| Polski | Westindische Zedrele; Wohlriechender Cedrobaum | |
| Український | Westindische Zedrele; Wohlriechender Cedrobaum | |
| Român | Westindische Zedrele; Wohlriechender Cedrobaum | |
| Русский | Westindische Zedrele; Wohlriechender Cedrobaum | |
| Български | Westindische Zedrele; Wohlriechender Cedrobaum | |
| EESTI | Westindische Zedrele; Wohlriechender Cedrobaum | |
| 日本語 | Westindische Zedrele; Wohlriechender Cedrobaum | |
| Other names | cedar (JM); aluk (CR); calicedro (MX); yalam (NI); cedro amargo (VE); cédrat (GF); red cedar (AN); cedrela, cedro colorado, cedro real, cedro salteño (AR) Spanische Zeder, Westindische Zeder Cedro, Cedrela, Andenzeder, Westindische Zeder |
Origin
| Geographic Regions | Central America; South America; Caribbean | |||
| States and Territories | Argentina (Misiones, Salta); Paraguay (Canindeyu, Central, Cordillera, Paraguari); Mexico (Aguascalientes, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Colima, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas); Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; El Salvador; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Bahamas; Cayman Isl.; Cuba; Hispaniola; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl. (St. John, Tortola); Antigua; Barbados; Dominica; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Montserrat; St. Eustatius; Saint Lucia; Trinidad; Curaçao; Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Bolívar, Caldas, Caquetá, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Huila, Magdalena, Meta, Nariño, Quindío, Risaralda, San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina, Santander, Tolima, Valle); Venezuela (Aragua, Barinas, Bolívar, Carabobo, Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Tachira, Yaracuy, Zulia); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; N-Brazil (Amapa, Pará, Amazonas, Acre); NE-Brazil (Bahia, Ceara); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás, Brasilia Distrito Federal); SE-Brazil (Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo); Bolivia (Beni, Cochabamba, La Paz, Pando, Santa Cruz, Tarija); Taiwan [I]; China [I] (Guangdong [I]); South Africa [I]; Eswatini [Swaziland] [I]; New Caledonia [I]; tropical Africa [I]; Cameroon [I]; Mozambique [I]; São Tomé [I]; Guinea [I]; Fiji [I]; peninsular Malaysia [I]; Java [I]; Philippines [I]; India [I]; Sri Lanka [I]; Bangladesh [I] | |||
| [I] = Introduced | ||||
Botany
| Reich | Plantae | |||
| Tribe | Tracheophyta | |||
| Gymnosperm | Angiosperm | |||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | |||
| Order | Sapindales | |||
| Family | Meliaceae | |||
| Genus | Cedrela | |||
| Species | odorata | |||
| Author citation | L. | |||
| Scientific name | Cedrela odorata L. | |||
Habitus
| Wood type | Hardwood | |||
| Growth habit | Baum | |||
Microscopic features
| Containers | ringporig/halbringporig | |||
| Intkey | https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/melceodo.htm | |||
Macroscopic features
| Wood odor | Ausgeprägter Geruch | |||
| Growth ring boundaries | clearly recognizable | |||
| Heartwood | with color stripes | |||
| Strip in the heartwood | Ohne Farbstreifen | |||
| Color heartwood | rot bis braun | |||
Natural durability
(according to EN 350)
| Mushrooms field | DC 2 | |||
| Common furniture beetle (Anobium) | n/a | |||
| Termites | M | |||
Impregnability
(according to EN 350)
| Impregnability of heartwood | 3-4 | |||
| Impregnability of the sapwood | 1-2 | |||
| Width of the sapwood | s | |||
Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)
| Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit | 450.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value | 490.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit | 600.00 | kg/m3 | ||
Appearances
Wood
CEXX , aufbau , ©Bollinger Furniere
CEXX , 100x75mm , ©Hansueli Schmid
CEXX , wood, 145x60mm ©Hansueli Schmid ,
CEXX , wood, label , 145x60mm ©Hansueli Schmid ,
Cedrela odorata , ©Dennis Wilson
Cedrela odorata , ©MundoForestal-Costa Rica
Bark
CEXX , Bark , ©Dennis Wilson
Leaves
CEXX , Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson