Swietenia
Genus of flowering plants in the chinaberry family Meliaceae / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Swietenia is a genus of trees in the chinaberry family, Meliaceae. It occurs natively in the Neotropics, from southern Florida, the Caribbean, Mexico and Central America south to Bolivia. The genus is named for Dutch-Austrian physician Gerard van Swieten (1700–1772).[3] The wood of Swietenia trees is known as mahogany.
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Swietenia | |
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Fruit and leaves of Swietenia macrophylla | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Meliaceae |
Subfamily: | Cedreloideae |
Genus: | Swietenia Jacq.[1] |
Species | |
Swietenia humilis | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Elutheria M.Roem. |
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