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Cedrela tonduzii C. DC.
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ESPECIE AMENAZADA. Se encuentra protegida en el Área de Conservación Cordillera Volcánica Central (Parque Nacional Braulio Carrillo, Reserva Forestal de Grecia y Zona Protectora La Carpintera) Área de Conservación Arenal Huetar Norte (Parque Nacional Juan Castro Blanco), Área de Conservación La Amistad Pacífico (Parque Nacional Amistad, Zona Protectora Las Tablas, Reserva Forestal Río Macho), Área de Conservación Pacífico Central (Zonas Protectoras Cerros de Escazú y Reserva Forestal Los Santos).
Árbol hasta 40 m de altura y 80 cm de diámetro, copa amplia a campo abierto, generalmente con ramas gruesas a baja altura muy lenticeladas, fuste pequeño, a menudo bifurcado, con la corteza escamosamente irregular, fisurada y a veces exfoliante, pardo-grisáceo, follaje verde-claro, glauco en el envés. Hojas grandes, 20-50 cm de largo, con 5-9 pares de folíolos 7.5-15 cm de largo y hasta 10 cm de ancho, corto-peciolados, lanceolado-elípticos, base aguda o redondeada, generalmente asimétricos, ápice acuminado, obtuso a agudo, pubescentes en el envés.
Inflorescencia en panículas grandes, terminal o subterminal, 15-30 cm de largo, usualmente más corta que las hojas, puberulenta. Flores unisexuales, casi sésiles pubescentes, con 5 pétalos imbricados. Frutos cápsulas dehiscentes, obovoides 5-10 cm de largo con 5 valvas leñosas, 2-3 mm de ancho, pardo oscuro y con la superficie externa lenticelada. Semillas pardo-pálidas 2.4-5.5 cm de largo incluyendo el ala. Las cápsulas caen después de liberar las semillas.Su madera es suave y liviana, con un peso específico de 0.36 (Creemers & Lemckert, 1981). La albura es de color blanco-grisáceo y el duramen es durable a moderadamente durable, pardo-rojizo a gris-anaranjado, con sabor dulce y olor característico debido a los aceites y resinas que posee. Presenta dificultad para preservar, pero es de fácil secado y fácil para trabajar. Se utiliza en la fabricación de muebles, gabinetes, ebanistería, instrumentos musicales y construcción en general (Van der Sloten et al, 1971). No es muy resistente al ataque de hongos e insectos.
Isotype for Guarea ternifoliola C. DC.
Catalog Number: US 1083020
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): H. F. Pittier
Year Collected: 1911
Locality: Remedios and vicinity, esatern Chiriquí., Chiriquí, Panama, Central America
Elevation (m): 100
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Cedrela tonduzii (Cedar, cedrillo, cedro, cedro cebolla, cedro colorado, cedro dulce, cedro granadino, cedro macho, cedro pochote, West Indian cedar) is a monoecious tree that grows up to 40 m and can reach a diameter at breast height of up to 180 cm, but generally averages 80 cm.
This species is distributed from Chiapas, in southern México, to Panamá. It has been found to grow at altitudes of 1,200 m (3,937 ft) to 2,800 m (9,186 ft) and slopes ranging from 15° to 40° of inclination. In Costa Rica it is found on the Cordillera Central, on the Cordillera de Talamanca and presumably on the Cordillera de Guanacaste.
The tree crown is open, with low vertical ramification. The bark is gray-brown and may exfoliate in small irregular plates. Leaves are compound, pinnate and range from 20 to 50 cm in length. Each leaf has 5 to 9 pairs of leaflets, 7.5 to 15 cm long and up to 10 cm wide, light green in colour and glaucous below. Flowering occurs in April and May, being pollinated by insects. The fruit capsules appear June to July and dehisce after drying, releasing 25 to 30 seeds that are easily dispersed by wind.
The species has been named to honour the naturalist Adolphe Tonduz.
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Holotype for Guarea ternifoliola C. DC.
Catalog Number: US 715695
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): H. F. Pittier
Year Collected: 1911
Locality: Remedios & vicinity., Chiriquí, Panama, Central America
Elevation (m): 100
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Isotype for Cedrela tonduzii C. DC.
Catalog Number: US 355479
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): A. Tonduz
Year Collected: 1898
Locality: Copey., San José, Costa Rica, Central America
- Isotype: Candolle, A. C. P. de. 1905. Bull. Herb. Boissier ser. 2. 5: 427.
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Isotype for Guarea palmeri Rose ex C. DC.
Catalog Number: US 208943
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): E. Palmer
Year Collected: 1891
Locality: Manzanillo., Colima, Mexico, North America
- Isotype: Rose, J. N. 1894. Bot. Gaz. 19: 39.
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Isotype for Guarea palmeri Rose ex C. DC.
Catalog Number: US 208944
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): E. Palmer
Year Collected: 1891
Locality: Manzanillo., Colima, Mexico, North America
- Isotype: Rose, J. N. 1894. Bot. Gaz. 19: 39.
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