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American mahogany
Swietenia mahagoni
About
Swietenia mahagoni, commonly known as American mahogany, Cuban mahogany, small-leaved mahogany, and West Indian mahogany, is a species of Swietenia native to the broader Caribbean bioregion. It is the species from which the original mahogany wood was produced. Mahogany is grown as a plantation tree and sold in timber markets in Kerala, India. Swietenia mahagoni is listed as "Threatened" in the Preservation of Native Flora of Florida Act. It is the national tree of the Dominican Republic.
- Family
- Meliaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Swietenia mahagoni
- Slug
- swietenia-mahagoni
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Meliaceae
- Genus
- Swietenia
- Species
- mahagoni
- Wikidata QID
- Q1247582
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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