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Cedrela lilloi · Meliaceae · also called Cedrela lilloi

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Form
tree
Region
Brazil
Rated in
Global
On this lot

1. Fire evidence and conditions

Fire evidence
Mixed evidence — location does not change the cited classification.
Evidence regions
Global

2. Why this plant is relevant here

3. Legal, ecological, and broader status

How to read this page

The status above is computed from the cited rows below: independent recommendations can support a fire-resistant result, an avoid row can produce keep-away, and disagreement stays visible as conflict. Placement notes preserve each source’s own scheme rather than translating unlike rules into one scale. This is evidence about a plant, not permission to plant it in every part of the defensible space; Zone 0 remains noncombustible.

The evidence

Grouped by what each source concluded. Primary evidence rated the plant itself (a lab, field program, or original curation); corroboration compiled or republished another source's rating and resolves to its root lineage.

Listed without a rating (8)
Corroboration (8 rows from 1 source)

  • FLAMITS: FLAMmability plant traiTS database — Dryad / Global Ecology and Biogeography · Dryad version 9 · original source Corroboration Trait database lineage: meta-aggregator

    8 cited rows from this source; its identity, lineage and tier are stated once.

    • Primary study DeFreitas2014: De Freitas Rocha, M. A., & Landesmann, A. (2016). Combustion properties of Brazilian natural wood species. Fire and Materials, 40, 219-228.

      Shared row context: plant part wood; fuel dead; predrying no; device calorimeter; site DeFreitas2014-1; sampling ND.

      • Shared measurement context: Combustibility measurement.

        • “maximum energy flux (kW/m²): 84.55”

          FLAMITS record 2220.

        • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 1983.74”

          FLAMITS record 2224.

        • “percentage rate of mass loss (%/s): 0.06”

          FLAMITS record 2225.

        • “total heat release (MJ/m²): 48.15”

          FLAMITS record 2277.

      • “burnt biomass (%): 65”

        FLAMITS record 2221; Consumability measurement.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement.

        • “time to flaming (s): 53.5”

          FLAMITS record 2222.

        • “temperature at smouldering (°C): 360”

          FLAMITS record 2223.

      • “smouldering duration (s): 1050”

        FLAMITS record 2266; Sustainability measurement.

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Last verified 2026-08-25. JSON (CC BY 4.0)

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Cedrela lilloi (Cedrela lilloi). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/cedrela-lilloi/. Last verified 2026-08-25.