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

West indies 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).

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)
· Arquivos de Botânica do Estado de São Paulo (1962)
· Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington (1920)
· Bulletin de l’Herbier Boissier (1905)
· Bulletin de l’Herbier Boissier (1903)

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