Swietenia macrophylla
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Swietenia macrophylla, commonly known as mahogany,[3] Honduran mahogany,[3] Honduras mahogany,[4] or big-leaf mahogany[5] is a species of plant in the Meliaceae family. It is one of three species that yields genuine mahogany timber (Swietenia), 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,[3][6] and cultivated in plantations and wind-breaks elsewhere.[7]
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Swietenia macrophylla | |
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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 | |
Historic range of big-leaf mahogany in South America | |
Current range of big-leaf mahogany in South America | |
Synonyms[2] | |
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