Cedrela fissilisVell.

Cedar

WFO wfo-0000592409 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 5 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 5 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Cedrela fissilis, photographed by Paisaje Protegido Paso Centurión y Sierra de Ríos
fig. a Paisaje Protegido Paso Centurión y Sierra de Ríos, CC0 1.0 / 2022-05-14 / obs. 197586893
Cedrela fissilis, photographed by William G. Borges
fig. b William G. Borges, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 184965355
Cedrela fissilis, photographed by William G. Borges
fig. c William G. Borges, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 165688992
Cedrela fissilis, photographed by William G. Borges
fig. d William G. Borges, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 165689005
Cedrela fissilis, photographed by William G. Borges
fig. e William G. Borges, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 97826052
Cedrela fissilis, photographed by William G. Borges
fig. f William G. Borges, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 97826036
Cedrela fissilis, photographed by Paisaje Protegido Paso Centurión y Sierra de Ríos
fig. g Paisaje Protegido Paso Centurión y Sierra de Ríos, CC0 1.0 / obs. 197586990
Cedrela fissilis, photographed by Fede y Vani
fig. h Fede y Vani, CC0 1.0 / obs. 177845975

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Native range 19 botanical countries

Regions where Cedrela fissilis is native: Argentina Northeast, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela Argentina NortheastBoliviaBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralColombiaCosta RicaEcuadorFrench GuianaGuyanaHondurasPanamáParaguayPeruTrinidad-TobagoUruguayVenezuela
Native distribution of Cedrela fissilis, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Argentina Northeast AGE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Bolivia BOL
Brazil North BZN
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Ecuador ECU
French Guiana FRG
Guyana GUY
Honduras HON
Panamá PAN
Paraguay PAR
Peru PER
Trinidad-Tobago TRT
Uruguay URU
Venezuela VEN

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 25 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Cedrela barbata C.DC.
  • Cedrela brasiliensis A.Juss.
  • Cedrela brasiliensis var. australis A.Juss.
  • Cedrela brunellioides Rusby
  • Cedrela elliptica Rizzini & Heringer
  • Cedrela fissilis var. glabrior C.DC.
  • Cedrela fissilis var. macrocarpa C.DC.
  • Cedrela fuscata Rojas Acosta
  • Cedrela hirsuta C.DC.
  • Cedrela longiflora C.DC.
  • Cedrela macrocarpa Ducke
  • Cedrela pachyrhachis C.DC.
  • Cedrela pilgeri C.DC.
  • Cedrela regnellii C.DC.
  • Cedrela tubiflora Bertoni
  • Cedrela tubiflora f. angustifolia Bertoni
  • Cedrela tubiflora f. grandifolia (Bertoni) M.Buchinger & Falcone
  • Cedrela tubiflora f. parvifoliola M.Buchinger & Falcone
  • Cedrela tubiflora f. typica Bertoni
  • Cedrela tubiflora subsp. bertoniensis Bertoni
  • Cedrela tubiflora subsp. tubiflora
  • Cedrela tubiflora var. grandifolia Bertoni
  • Cedrela tubiflora var. intermedia Bertoni
  • Cedrela tubiflora var. lagenaria Bertoni

and 1 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.