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:Family: Rutaceae
== Vernacular names ==
''Cedrelopsis'' comprises 8 species, all endemic to Madagascar. It has been placed in ''Meliaceae'' and ''Rutaceae''. In the 1970s it was excluded from ''Rutaceae'' into a separate family ''Ptaeroxylaceae'', together with ''Ptaeroxylon'' from East and southern Africa and later also ''Bottegoa'' from East Africa, but a more recent phylogenetic analysis of molecular data indicated that it is better included in an enlarged ''Rutaceae''.
The wood of several ''Cedrelopsis'' spp. is used. === ''Cedrelopsis gracilis'' ===''[[Cedrelopsis gracilis]]'' J.-F.Leroy occurs in dry woodland of western Madagascar and is relatively rare. The wood is not very durable and is only occasionally used for construction. A bark extract is traditionally taken to treat fever. === ''Cedrelopsis microfoliolata'' ===''[[Cedrelopsis microfoliolata]]'' J.-F.Leroy occurs in dry woodland of northern, western and southern Madagascar. The wood is heavy and strong, but only occasionally used for construction purposes. A leaf decoction is taken by young mothers as a tonic. === ''Cedrelopsis trivalvis'' ===''[[Cedrelopsis trivalvis]]'' J.-F.Leroy occurs in dry woodland of northern and western Madagascar. The wood is used for local construction, planks and poles.
== Anatomy ==
Wood-anatomical description (IAWA hardwood codes):
*Growth rings: 1: growth ring boundaries distinct. *Vessels: 5: wood diffuse-porous; 10: vessels in radial multiples of 4 or more common; 13: simple perforation plates; 22: intervessel pits alternate; 25: intervessel pits small (4–7 μm); 30: vessel-ray pits with distinct borders; similar to intervessel pits in size and shape throughout the ray cell; 40: mean tangential diameter of vessel lumina <font size="1">≤</font> 50 μm; 41: mean tangential diameter of vessel lumina 50–100 μm; 49: 40–100 vessels per square millimetre; 50: <font size="1">≥</font> 100 vessels per square milllimetre; 58: gums and other deposits in heartwood vessels. *Tracheids and fibres: 61: fibres with simple to minutely bordered pits; 66: non-septate fibres present; 69: fibres thin- to thick-walled. *Axial parenchyma: (75: axial parenchyma absent or extremely rare); 89: axial parenchyma in marginal or in seemingly marginal bands. *Rays: 96: rays exclusively uniseriate; 104: all ray cells procumbent; 115: 4–12 rays per mm. *Mineral inclusions: 136: prismatic crystals present; 142: prismatic crystals in chambered axial parenchyma cells; 143: prismatic crystals in fibres.
(N.P. Mollel, P. Détienne & E.A. Wheeler)
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