Luehea divaricata Mart. is a medium-sized-tree of a resistent wood and great flexibility, characteristics which qualify it as raw material in the manufacture of furniture. Due to the relevance of this species to the forest based industry the project was conducted in order to investigate the indolbutyric acid and the diameter of the stem cuttings as a subsidy for the production of matrices adequate for comercial use. Stem cuttings of 20cm of length taken from matrices of approximately ten years of age were used. The treatments consisted of the combination between stem cuttings of three classes of diameter: fine (0.4-0.8cm), medium (0.9-1.4cm) and thick (1.5-2.6cm) and two levels of solution IBA (0, 5000mg L-1). A completely randomized experimental design was used and consisted of bifactorial combinations with 12 units per repetition and five repetitions per treatment. 90 days after the implantation of the experiment the following variables were evaluated: survival, rooting, number and length of the roots. Thick and medium stem cuttings immersed in 5000mg L-1 of hidroalcolic solution of IBA are indicated in the vegetative propagation of Luehea divaricata.
auxin; rooting; wood; propagation
