Meliaceae
Spanish cedar
Cedrela odorata
- Family
- Meliaceae
- Genus
- Cedrela
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Common names
By language (21)
- Arabic
- شربين عطر, السِّدرال, الشَّربين العطر, شربين أمريكا, شربين الأكاجو, تونة, سدرال
- arz
- سيدريلا اودوراتا
- Bulgarian
- Испански кедър
- Catalan
- Cedrela
- Chinese
- 西班牙柏木, 洋椿, 墨西哥香椿, 南美香椿, 煙洋椿, 香洋椿
- Dutch
- Spaanse ceder
- English
- Spanish cedar, Cigar-box wood, Red cedar, Cedro, Cigar-box cedar, Cuban cedar
- French
- Acajou Rouge, Acajou-bois, Cedrat, Acajou amer, Acajou de Guyane
- frr
- Spoonsk Tseeder
- German
- Westindische Zedrele, Spanische Zeder, Westindische Zeder
- Haitian Creole
- Sèd
- hsb
- Wonjaty cedrelowc
- Japanese
- セドロ, ニシインドチャンチン
- Macedonian
- Мирислива цедрела
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Vestindisk seder, Kubaseder
- Persian
- سدر اسپانیایی
- Polish
- Cedrzyk wonny, Cedrówka wonna
- Portuguese
- Cedro-cheiroso, Cedro brasileiro, Cedro cheiroso
- Quechua
- Kanuwa ruya, Kapiruna, Puku yura, Q'apaq siwis
- Russian
- Цедрела душистая, Цедрела пахучая
- Spanish
- Cedro Rojo, Acayu, Acayú, Cedro, Cedro acajou, Cedro americano, Cedro de Guyana, Cedro espanol
Synonyms
- 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 var. xerogeiton Rizzini & Heringer
- Cedrela palustris Handro
- Cedrela paraguariensis Mart.
- Cedrela paraguariensis var. brachystachya C.DC.
- Cedrela paraguariensis var. hassleri C.DC.
- Cedrela paraguariensis var. multijuga C.DC.
- Cedrela quianensis A.Juss.
- Cedrela rotunda S.F.Blake
- Cedrela sintenisii C.DC.
- Cedrela vellozoana M.Roem.
- Cedrela whitfordii S.F.Blake
- Cedrela yucatana S.F.Blake
- Surenus brownei (Loefl.) Kuntze
- Surenus glaziovii (C.DC.) Kuntze
- Surenus guianensis Kuntze
- Surenus mexicana (M.Roem.) Kuntze
- Surenus paraguariensis (Mart.) Kuntze
- Surenus vellozoana (M.Roem.) Kuntze
Flowers
- In flower
- June, November to December (from 12 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kwameghana, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Luis Mora, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sam Sailor, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: David F. Belmonte, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Juan Carlos Pérez Magaña, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tereso Hernández Morales, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by David Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sebastián de Jesús Herrera Buenfil, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.