Cedro

Common Name: Cedro Scientific Name: Cedrela Odorata Family: Meliaceae

General Characteristics:
Light wood; core changing from dark pinkish-beige or light pinkish-brown, more or less intense, to brownish-red; thick texture; straight or lightly wavy grain, shiny surface with golden reflexes; characteristic smell, pleasant, intense in some samples almost absent in others.

Main Uses: Cedar wood, because it presents low linear and volumetric retract ability, mechanical properties between low and medium, is especially indicated for the internal parts of fine furniture, veneer, decorative packaging, picture frames, casting models, sculpting, musical instruments; in buildings, for Venetian blinds, baseboards, edging, ceilings, wainscoting.