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Big-leaf Mahogany
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Big-leaf Mahogany

Swietenia macrophylla G.King

EN Endangered

Names

EnglishBig-leaf Mahogany
Dutch—
SpanishCaoba
Chinese大叶桃花心木
Scientific nameSwietenia macrophylla G.King

About this species

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.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderSapindales
FamilyMeliaceae
GenusSwietenia

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