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Cedrela Odorata

This forms a large tree in the West India Islands, and is hollowed out for canoes; the wood is of a brown color and has a fragrant odor, and is sometimes imported under the name of Jamaica cedar.

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This forms a large tree in the West India

Islands, and is hollowed out for canoes; the wood is of a brown

color and has a fragrant odor, and is sometimes imported under the

name of Jamaica cedar.



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