Pseudocedrela

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| image_caption = Pseudocedrela Kotschyi

| genus = Pseudocedrela

| parent_authority = Harms

| species = kotschyi

| authority = (Schweinf.) Harms

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Pseudocedrela is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Meliaceae. The only species is Pseudocedrela kotschyi.{{cite web |title=Pseudocedrela Harms {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:26820-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=28 May 2021 |language=en}} It is known as hard cedar-mahogany and Dry-zone cedar. It is a source of timber, shade, firewood, chewing stick, arrow/fish poison and has several uses in veterinary and traditional African medicine.

Its native range is Western Tropical Africa to Ethiopia and Uganda.

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