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Swietenia (Swietenia) with Attributes

Synonyms: Elutheria; Mahagoni; Roia; Suitenia

Wikipedia Abstract

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). The wood of Swietenia trees is known as mahogany.
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Species

Swietenia humilis (Mexican mahogany) (Endangered) (Attributes)
Swietenia macrophylla (big leaf mahogany) (Vulnerable) (Attributes)
Swietenia mahagoni (West Indian mahogany) (Attributes)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0