Swietenia mahagoni (L.) Jacq.
MELIACEAE
- Mahogany family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)
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Name: Swietenia mahagoni (L.) Jacq.
Nomencl. ref.: Enum. Syst. Pl. 20. 1760
Rank: species
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Common names
U.S.
name:
West Indian mahogany
English name: Cuban mahogany English name: Spanish mahogany
French name: mahogany d'Amérique
Grown habit: Tree
Duration: Perennial
Synonyms:
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Rosidae
Order: Sapindales
Family: Meliaceae
Genus: Swietenia
Species:
Page counter: 1812 ( AVG: 222.34 / 291.386 )
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Swietenia mahagoni
Seedpods on ground at Kilohana Park Wailea, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Swietenia mahagoni
Habit at Kilohana Park Wailea, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Swietenia mahagoni
Canopy at Kilohana Park Wailea, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Swietenia mahagoni
Plantation at Honokahau Valley, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Swietenia mahagoni
Plantation at Honokahau Valley, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Swietenia mahagoni
Bark and trunk at Kilohana Park Wailea, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Swietenia mahagoni
Leaves and seedpod at Kilohana Park Wailea, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Swietenia mahagoni
Leaves at Honokahau Valley, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Swietenia mahagoni
Leaves at Honokahau Valley, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Swietenia mahagoni
Leaves at Honokahau Valley, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Swietenia mahagoni
Canopy at Kilohana Park Wailea, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Swietenia mahagoni
Seedling at Honokahau Valley, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Swietenia mahagoni
Habit at Maunaloa, Molokai - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Swietenia mahagoni
Leaves at Honokahau Valley, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Swietenia mahagoni
Leaves at Honokahau Valley, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Swietenia mahagoni
Habit at Honokahau Valley, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Swietenia mahagoni
Habit at Honokahau Valley, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Swietenia mahagoni
Habit at Hilo, Hawaii - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Swietenia mahagoni
Habit and smashed car at Honokahau Valley, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Swietenia mahagoni
Seedlings at Honokahau Valley, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (FL, HI), USA+ (PR, VI)
Map for Swietenia mahagoni (L.) Jacq.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA
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