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Sangregado Cedar
Cedro (Cedrela odorata)
It is also known as bitter cedar, mahogany cedar, curly cedar. Cedrela odorata is a tree belonging to the Meliaceae family. It is distributed in a wide altitude range that ranges from 10 meters above sea level to 2,700 meters above sea level in the departments of Amazonas, Antioquia, Bolívar, Caldas, Caquetá, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Huila, Magdalena, Meta, Nariño, Quindío, Risaralda, San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina, Santander, Tolima and Valle. (UNAL, 2021).
Unfortunately, being widely distributed has not saved this species from constant forest exploitation (in most cases illegal) because its wood is very fine and very desirable for construction activities, cabinetmaking, carpentry, etc. This situation has led Cedrela odorata to the threat category Endangered (EN) according to the UICN (CAR, 2019).
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CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SPECIES
Cedrela odorata is an arboreal species that can reach heights of up to 35 meters. It has a fairly straight trunk and a fairly fissured bark, intense green leaves, small white flowers, the fruit is a woody capsule that opens into several valves that gives the image of a wooden flower.
ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE
Due to the fact that it is not too demanding with the soils it settles, it can adapt to conditions that are not as favorable as those offered by degraded lands restoration activities are carried out. In addition to this, it improves soil fertility, stabilizes sand banks, recovers degraded land, has been used to rehabilitate sites there was mining, conserves soil and controls erosion (CAR, 2019) .
ASSOCIATED FAUNA IN THE AREA
In warm areas, this tree is visited by many birds such as the Green Toucan, the Blue-winged Parakeet, or the Striped Egret, however, in Cundinamarca it is highly visited by one bird in particular: Icterus chrysater , commonly known as Toche, which takes advantage of the high flow of insects that move through the bark and branches of Cedrela odorata to feed. For this reason, the cedar is very important in our planting days, not only because we are attracting birds to the area, but also because we are ensuring that this species, which has been intensively exploited to the point of being threatened, grows again and quietly inhabits our forests. .
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