Cedrela odorata

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iCedro-cheiroso

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Sapindales
Family: Meliaceae
Genus: Cedrela
Species: C. odorata
Binomial name
Cedrela odorata
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Cedrela odorata (Cedro-cheiroso) is a tree semicaducifolio in our climate, monoecious, 10-15 m high, going so far as to reach 30 m in his zones of origin, of rounded and dense glass and trunk with the thick crust, of color gray - brown, with longitudinal irregular fissures. Pinnately compound leaves, grouped towards the end of the branches, 15-50 cm long, with 5-11 pairs of opposite or alternate, often scythe-shaped leaflets, lanceolate to oblong, 7-15 x 3-5 cm, with the base obliquely truncated and asymmetric.

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