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Swietenia mahagoni, commonly known as American mahogany, Cuban mahogany, small-leaved mahogany, and West Indian mahogany, [1] is a species of Swietenia native to the broader Caribbean bioregion. [ 1 ] [ 4 ] It is the species from which the original mahogany wood was produced. [ 5 ]
Swietenia is a genus of trees in the chinaberry family, Meliaceae. It occurs natively in the Neotropics , from southern Florida , the Caribbean , Mexico and Central America south to Bolivia . The genus is named for Dutch-Austrian physician Gerard van Swieten (1700–1772). [ 3 ]
Mahogany is wood from any of three tree species: Honduran or big-leaf mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla), West Indian or Cuban mahogany (Swietenia mahagoni), and Swietenia humilis. Honduran mahogany is the most widespread and the only genuine mahogany species commercially grown today.
Swietenia macrophylla, commonly known as mahogany, [3] Honduran mahogany, [3] Honduras mahogany, [4] or big-leaf mahogany [5] is a species of plant in the Meliaceae family. It is one of three species that yields genuine mahogany timber ( Swietenia ), the others being Swietenia mahagoni and Swietenia humilis .
Meliaceae, the mahogany family, is a flowering plant family of mostly trees and shrubs (and a few herbaceous plants, mangroves) in the order Sapindales.. They are characterised by alternate, usually pinnate leaves without stipules, and by syncarpous, [2] apparently bisexual (but actually mostly cryptically unisexual) flowers borne in panicles, cymes, spikes or clusters.
Swietenia humilis; M. Swietenia macrophylla; Swietenia mahagoni; Mahogany This page was last edited on 31 March 2013, at 19:11 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
Swietenia mahagoni, native to Florida to the Caribbean; a true mahogany also known as the West Indian mahogany or the West Indies mahogany; Pterocarpus dalbergioides, endemic to India; also known as the East Indian mahogany, Andaman padauk, or Andaman redwood
Swietenia mahagoni; To scientific name of a plant: This is a redirect from a vernacular ("common") name to the scientific name of a plant (or group of plants).