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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Red cedar in English is the name of a plant defined with Cedrela odorata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Surenus velloziana (M. Roem.) Kuntze (among others).

2) Red cedar is also identified with Toona ciliata It has the synonym Cedrela australis Mudie (etc.).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Fl. Neotrop. (1981)
· Anales de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias Exactas, Fisicas y Naturales (1966)
· Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington (1920)
· Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany (1996)
· Contributions from the United States National Herbarium (1899)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)

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