Click here to open feedback window. Annex 2. Profiles of Tree Species: The Americas 149 Amburana acreana  Leguminosae cerejeira,  cumaru de cheiro, imburana de cheiro Distribution Bolivia, Brazil (Acre, Mato Grosso, Rondônia), Peru. It is not clear how or if the species is distinguished from A. cearensis, which is considered to have the same distribution but is also found in Paraguay and Argentina. At present only one species is recognised in Bolivia (Killeen, 1997). Both species are recorded in different literature sources in Brazil. Habitat A species of tropical, lowland, non-seasonal moist forest. The species was formerly abundant in non-flooded forest (Varty, 1996). Population Status and Trends Once considered abundant in Brazil, the species has become rare since exploitation rose to extremely high levels. In Rondônia, a major part of the species range, the number of sawmills principally processing A.acreana increased 8 fold between 1975 and 1982 (Varty, 1996). The species is included on the list of threatened Brazilian plants compiled by IBAMA (IBAMA, 1992). Ecology Associated species include Swietenia macrophylla and Bertholetia excelsa Role of Species in its Ecosystem Threats Commercial overexploitation and consequent genetic erosion. Utilisation The timber is used to make luxury furniture. Trade See under A. cearensis. IUCN Conservation category VU A1d+2d according to Varty, N. & D.L. Guadagnin. (Varty, 1996). Conservation Measures The species is included in the official list of threatened species compiled by IBAMA in 1992. Forest Management and Silviculture Apparently the species is not yet in cultivation (Varty, 1996) References Brako, L. & J.L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants andgymnosperms of Peru. Mongr. Syst. Bot. (Missouri Bot. Gard.) 5:1-1286. Encarnación, F. 1983. Nomenclatura de las especies forestales comunes en el Peru. Lima 147pp. IBAMA. 1992. Lista oficial de espécies da flora Brasileira ameaçadas de extinçao.  (unpublished). 4pp. Sociedade Botânica do Brasil. 1992. Centuria plantarum Brasiliensium extintionis minitata. Sociedade Botânica do Brasil. 175pp. Varty, Nigel. 1996. Data collection forms for Brazilian Atlantic forest species.