Cedrela odorataL.

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WFO wfo-0000592446 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Cedrela odorata, photographed by Sebastián de Jesús Herrera Buenfil
fig. a Sebastián de Jesús Herrera Buenfil, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-13 / obs. 197236880
Cedrela odorata, photographed by Francis Pérez
fig. b Francis Pérez, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 170780866
Cedrela odorata, photographed by Sebastián de Jesús Herrera Buenfil
fig. c Sebastián de Jesús Herrera Buenfil, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 138252072
Cedrela odorata, photographed by Victor Farjalla Pontes
fig. d Victor Farjalla Pontes, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 127037113
Cedrela odorata, photographed by Francis Pérez
fig. e Francis Pérez, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 124937211
Cedrela odorata, photographed by Sebastián de Jesús Herrera Buenfil
fig. f Sebastián de Jesús Herrera Buenfil, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 114983720
Cedrela odorata, photographed by Brian Oakes Haiti Hunter
fig. g Brian Oakes Haiti Hunter, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 114160199
Cedrela odorata, photographed by Juan Cruzado Cortés
fig. h Juan Cruzado Cortés, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 59024463

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Native range 38 botanical countries

Regions where Cedrela odorata is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Argentina Northeast, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is. Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestArgentina NortheastBelizeBoliviaBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralColombiaCosta RicaCubaDominican RepublicEcuadorEl SalvadorFrench GuianaGuatemalaGuyanaHaitiHondurasJamaicaNicaraguaPanamáParaguayPeruPuerto RicoSouthwest CaribbeanSurinameTrinidad-TobagoVenezuela Cayman Is.Leeward Is.Windward Is.
Native distribution of Cedrela odorata, 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. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Argentina Northeast AGE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Belize BLZ
Bolivia BOL
Brazil North BZN
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Cayman Is. CAY
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Cuba CUB
Dominican Republic DOM
Ecuador ECU
El Salvador ELS
French Guiana FRG
Guatemala GUA
Guyana GUY
Haiti HAI
Honduras HON
Jamaica JAM
Leeward Is. LEE
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Paraguay PAR
Peru PER
Puerto Rico PUE
Southwest Caribbean SWC
Suriname SUR
Trinidad-Tobago TRT
Venezuela VEN
Windward Is. WIN
Mexico Central MXC NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Northwest MXN
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS

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 37 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 adenophylla Mart. ex C.DC.
  • Cedrela amara K.I.Goebel
  • Cedrela brachystachya (C.DC.) C.DC.
  • Cedrela brownei Loefl.
  • Cedrela brownii Loefl.
  • Cedrela caldasana C.DC.
  • Cedrela cedro Loefl.
  • Cedrela cubensis Bisse
  • Cedrela glaziovii C.DC.
  • Cedrela guianensis A.Juss.
  • Cedrela hassleri (C.DC.) C.DC.
  • Cedrela huberi Ducke
  • Cedrela imparipinnata C.DC.
  • Cedrela longipes S.F.Blake
  • Cedrela mexicana M.Roem.
  • Cedrela mexicana var. puberula C.DC.
  • Cedrela mourae C.DC.
  • Cedrela occidentalis C.DC. & Rose
  • Cedrela odorata Ruiz & Pav.
  • Cedrela odorata var. xerogeiton Rizzini & Heringer
  • Cedrela palustris Handro
  • Cedrela paraguariensis Mart.
  • Cedrela paraguariensis var. brachystachya C.DC.
  • Cedrela paraguariensis var. hassleri C.DC.

and 13 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.

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