Cedrela montana


Cedrela montana is a species of tree in the family Meliaceae. It is found in the Andes of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru between 1050–3600 m altitude.

Description

Trees up to 25 m tall rarely to 50 m tall, trunk with fissured bark. Imparipinnate leaves 20–55 cm long, with ovate-elliptic or ovate-oblong leaflets. Inflorescences between 12 and 30 cm long, with small greenish-white to creamy flowers, fading to yellow, that grow in bunches. The largest individual, called "Cedro Gigante" in Pico Codazzi National Monument, eastern Venezuela is 47 m in height and a girth of 22 m with minor buttressing.

Taxonomy

The Latin specific epithet montana refers to mountains or coming from mountains.