Cedrela odorata

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	SAPINDALES	MELIACEAE

Scientific Name:

Cedrela odorata

Species Authority:

Common Name/s:

English	–	Cigar-box Wood, Red Cedar, Spanish Cedar
French	–	Acajou-bois, Acajou Rouge, Cedrat
Spanish	–	Cedro Rojo

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable A1cd+2cd ver 2.3

Year Assessed:

1998

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s

Americas Regional Workshop (Conservation & Sustainable Management of Trees, Costa Rica, November 1996)

History:

1997

–

Not Threatened (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Large individuals have become scarce, especially in Amazonia.
Countries:	Native: Antigua and Barbuda; Argentina; Barbados; Belize; Bolivia; Brazil; Cayman Islands; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; El Salvador; French Guiana; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Guatemala; Guyana; Haiti; Honduras; Jamaica; Mexico (Quintana Roo); Montserrat; Nicaragua; Panama; Peru; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Suriname; Venezuela

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	One of the world's most important timber species. It occurs in humid or dry lowland forest, preferring well-drained soils.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Exploitation has continued on a large scale over the past 200 years and the species is now widely threatened at the provenance level. Trees are often cut opportunistically while other species, such as mahogany, Amburana and Machaerium, are being sought-after. Natural regeneration is generally good, but there are reports of trees being felled before they reach maturity.

Major Threat(s):

Exploitation has continued on a large scale over the past 200 years and the species is now widely threatened at the provenance level. Trees are often cut opportunistically while other species, such as mahogany, Amburana and Machaerium, are being sought-after. Natural regeneration is generally good, but there are reports of trees being felled before they reach maturity.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Subpopulations are protected within national parks and agricultural landscapes. Attempts are being made to establish plantations throughout the tropics.

Conservation Actions:

Subpopulations are protected within national parks and agricultural landscapes. Attempts are being made to establish plantations throughout the tropics.

Citation:	Americas Regional Workshop (Conservation & Sustainable Management of Trees, Costa Rica) 1998. Cedrela odorata. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 September 2010.
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