Synonyms:

• (=) Cedrela glaziovii C. DC.
• (=) Cedrela mexicana M. Roem.

Common names:

• Barbados-cedar  (Source: HerbSpices) - English
• cigar-box-cedar  (Source: HerbSpices) - English
• Mexican-cedar  (Source: Websters Dict) - English
• Spanish-cedar  (Source: Dict Rehm) - English
• West Indian-cedar  (Source: Dict Rehm) - English
• cèdre acajou  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
• cèdre des barbares  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
• westindische Zeder  (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
• cedro colorado  (Source: Names Soukup) - Spanish
• cedro real  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
• cigarrlådeträd  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish
• nan mei xiang chun  (Source: F Taiwan) - Transcribed Chinese
• yang chun  (Source: F ChinaEng) - Transcribed Chinese

Economic Importance:

• CITES Appendix III: (populations of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, and Peru)
• Environmental: ornamental (fide Invasive Pl Spec)
• Environmental: shade/shelter (for shade/shelter over coffee fide F Neotrop 28:379-384. 1981)
• Materials: essential oils (fide F Ceylon)
• Materials: wood (timber fide Ency WTimber)
• Medicines: folklore (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)
• Weed: (fide Invasive Pl Spec)

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• Mexico (s.)

Southern America

• CARIBBEAN: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Netherlands Antilles, [Curacao] Puerto Rico, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago
• CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
• NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
• BRAZIL: Brazil
• WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
• SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina


Cultivated (also cult.)

Naturalized

Africa

• Africa (tropical)

Northern America

• United States (s.e.)

Southern America

• WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Ecuador [Galapagos Islands]

References:

1. Webster's third new international dictionary. 1961 (Websters Dict)
2. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
3. Boutelje, J. B. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. 1980 (Ency WTimber)
4. CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource). (CITES Appendices)
5. Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. 1986-1987 (HerbSpices)
6. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. 1980- (F Ceylon)
7. Li, H. L. et al., eds. Flora of Taiwan. 1975-1979 (F Taiwan)
8. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 (Herbs Commerce ed2)
9. Pennington, T. D. 1981. Meliaceae Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 28:374-379.
10. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994 (Dict Rehm)
11. Soukup, J. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana. (Names Soukup)
12. Weber, E. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. 2003 (Invasive Pl Spec)
13. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994- (F ChinaEng)

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=9685. Accessed 7 junio 2026.