# Cedrelinga

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{{Short description|Genus of legumes}}
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| image = Cedralinga cateniformis (14506774449).jpg
| image_caption = Trunk of ''Cedrelinga cateniformis''
|status = LC
|status_system = IUCN3.1
|status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn |author= Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group |date=2019 |title= ''Cedrelinga cateniformis'' |volume=2019 |article-number= e.T62021590A149004053 |doi= 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T62021590A149004053.en |access-date=8 January 2023}}</ref>
| genus = Cedrelinga
| parent_authority = Ducke
| species = cateniformis
| authority = ([Ducke](/source/Adolpho_Ducke)) Ducke<ref>Archivos do Jardim Botanico do Rio de Janeiro 3:70, estampa 6. 1922 "catenaeformis"</ref>
| synonyms =
*''Cedrelinga catenaeformis'' <small>(Ducke) Ducke</small>
*''Piptadenia cateniformis'' <small>Ducke</small>
*''Pithecellobium cateniformis'' <small>(Ducke) L. Cárdenas</small>
}}

'''''Cedrelinga''''' is a genus of [tree](/source/tree)s in the family [Fabaceae](/source/Fabaceae).<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology|last=Grandtner|first=M. M.|last2=Chevrette|first2=Julien|date=2013|publisher=Academic Press|isbn=978-0-12-396954-5|pages=115|language=en}}</ref> The only accepted species is '''''Cedrelinga cateniformis''''', called '''tornillo''' or '''cedrorana,''' which is native to South America.<ref name=":0" /> It is occasionally harvested for its straight-grained timber.{{Citation needed|date=May 2019}}  

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Category:Mimosoideae
Category:Monotypic Fabaceae genera
Category:Trees of Peru
Category:Trees of Brazil
Category:Trees of Ecuador
Category:Trees of Bolivia
Category:Trees of Colombia
Category:Trees of French Guiana
Category:Trees of Venezuela
Category:Taxa named by Adolpho Ducke

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