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Swietenia macrophylla
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Meliaceae
Genus:	Swietenia
Species:	S. macrophylla
Binomial name
	Swietenia macrophylla; King
	Historic range of big-leaf mahogany in South America
	Current range of big-leaf mahogany in South America
Synonyms
	Swietenia belizensis Lundell ; Swietenia candollei Pittier ; Swietenia krukovii Gleason ; Swietenia macrophylla var. marabaensis Ledoux & Lobato ; Swietenia tessmannii Harms ;

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Swietenia macrophylla, commonly known as mahogany,^[2] Honduran mahogany,^[2] Honduras mahogany,^[3] big-leaf mahogany,^[4] or West Indian mahogany,^[5] is a species of plant in the Meliaceae family. It is one of three species that yields genuine mahogany timber, the others being Swietenia mahagoni and Swietenia humilis. It is native to South America and Mexico, but naturalized in Singapore and Hawaii,^[2] and cultivated in plantations and wind-breaks elsewhere.^[5]

Timber

Unlike mahogany sourced from its native locations, plantation mahogany grown in Asia is not restricted in trade. The mahogany timber grown in these Asian plantations is the major source of international trade in genuine mahogany today. The Asian countries which grow the majority of Swietenia macrophylla are India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Fiji, Philippines, Singapore, and some others, with India and Fiji being the major world suppliers. The tree is also planted in Laos PDR.^{[citation needed]}

Common names

The species is also known under other common names, including bastard mahogany,^[6] broad-leaved mahogany, Brazilian mahogany, large-leaved mahogany, genuine mahogany, tropical American mahogany, and sky fruit, among others.^{[citation needed]}

English - big leaf mahogany, large-leaved mahogany, Brazilian mahogany
French - Mahogani grands feuilles
Spanish - caoba, mara, mogno
Malayalam - mahagony
Tamil - Thenkani (தேன்கனி)
Telugu - mahagani, peddakulamaghani
Sinhala - mahogani (මහෝගනි)

Mahogany trees
Young tree
Young Bark
Old Bark and leaves
Fruit with leaves
Bark pattern on mahogany tree.
Mahogany seed.
Wood
Historic distribution of mahogany from Mexico to southeastern Amazonia according to Lamb (1966). From Martinez et al. 2008.^{[citation needed]}
Revised historic distribution of mahogany in South America based on expert surveys. From Martinez et al. 2008.^{[citation needed]}
Historic distribution of mahogany in Mexico and Central America. From Calvo et al. 2000.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved 20 December 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Swietenia macrophylla". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Swietenia macrophylla". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
^ Free, Chris (2012). "Home". SwietKing.ofrg. SwietKing Research. Retrieved 2015-01-22.
^ ^a ^b Agroforestry Guides for Pacific Islands, Permanent Agriculture Resources, 2000, p. 57, ISBN 9780970254405 {{citation}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)
^ Flowers of India: Big-leaf mahogany

External links

Media related to Swietenia macrophylla at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Swietenia macrophylla at Wikispecies

[1] "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved 20 December 2014.

[GRIN-2] "Swietenia macrophylla". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 5 November 2014.

[3] USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Swietenia macrophylla". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 4 December 2015.

[4] Free, Chris (2012). "Home". SwietKing.ofrg. SwietKing Research. Retrieved 2015-01-22.

[Elevitch-5] Agroforestry Guides for Pacific Islands, Permanent Agriculture Resources, 2000, p. 57, ISBN 9780970254405 {{citation}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)

[6] Flowers of India: Big-leaf mahogany

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