Swietenia macrophylla / [Species detail] / Plant Atlas

Classification

Dicots

Family

MELIACEAE

Genus

Swietenia

Species

Swietenia macrophylla King

Common Name

HONDURAS MAHOGANY; BIGLEAF MAHOGANY

Growth Habit

C Value

Plant Notes

As a valuable timber species, its native populations have strongly declined (Grogan 2010).

Status

Not Native

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Supraordinal

Order

SAPINDALES

Family

Genus

Species

Swietenia macrophylla King - HONDURAS MAHOGANY; BIGLEAF MAHOGANY

SWIETENIA MACROPHYLLA King, Hooker's Icon. Pl. 16: t. 1550. 1886.

Basionym

Type

HONDURAS: Cult. in Calcutta, without data, King s.n. (holotype; CAL?; isotype: K).

** Not applicable or data not available.