Honduras Mahogany
Swietenia macrophylla
Also known as Large-leaved Mahagony
About Honduras Mahogany
Swietenia macrophylla, commonly known as mahogany, Honduran mahogany, Honduras mahogany, or big-leaf mahogany is a species of plant in the Meliaceae family. It is one of three species in genus Swietenia that yield genuine mahogany timber, the others being Swietenia mahagoni and Swietenia humilis. It is native to South America, Mexico and Central America, but naturalized in the Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia and Hawaii, and cultivated in plantations and wind-breaks elsewhere.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Swietenia macrophylla
- Genus
- Swietenia
- Family
- MELIACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Native to
- Central America
- Flowering & fruiting
- March-May
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Tamil
- மகாகனி
- Malayalam
- mahagony, മഹാഗണി
Meliaceae
Mahogany/Neem family
Honduras Mahogany belongs to the Meliaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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