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Swietenia macrophylla King

Meliaceae

SE North America (Mexico: Yucatán peninsula to Panama) South America (general) int Eurasia and Africa

L[G]

D E

sci->hel (shade tolerant in youth) hyg->mes calc acid->neut

cl (emblem tree of Belize) dr (infusion obtained with bark and seed against neurosis, diarrhea and fever) ex (almost extinct in Colombia) fd (excellent honey species) fw (fuel) ma pl (quickset hedge) sa (agroforestry) ti (boats building, cabinet work, wood carving, cuts and crafts, figurative plaque, furniture, general construction, houses, joinery, logs, lumber, matches, moulding, musical instruments, paneling, pattern making, pianos, plywood, tooth-picks, turned work, veneer) tx (dermatitis)

Swietenia belizensis Lundell Swietenia candollei Pittier Swietenia krukovii Gleason Swietenia macrophylla var. marabaensis Ledoux & Lobato Swietenia tessmannii Harms

Honduras mahogany; American mahogany, baywood; Belize mahogany, Brazilian mahogany, British Honduras mahogany (USA); broad leaf mahogany (Virgin Islands); broad-leaved mahogany; broken ridge mahogany (Belize); Central American mahogany (Virgin Islands); Colombian mahogany, Costa Rica mahogany, Costa Rican mahogany, Guatemalan mahogany, guenuine mahogany (India, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, USA); mahogany (Belize, India, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, USA); mahogany tree, Mexican mahogany p.p., Nicaraguan mahogany, Panama mahogany, Peruvian mahogany, South American mahogany, Tabasco mahogany, true mahogany; Venezuelan mahogany (Jamaica, Puerto Rico, USA)

acajou du Honduras; acajou, acajou d'Amérique (French Guiana); acajou d'Amérique centrale, acajou de Honduras; acajou du Venezuela, acajou étranger (Haiti); mahogani du Honduras, mahogani-grandes feuilles

aguano (Peru); ahuano (Ecuador); cáguano (Honduras); cahoba del Atlántico (Nicaragua); caoba (Central and South America); caoba americana (Colombia); caoba centroamericana (Cuba, Nicaragua); caoba de Honduras (Cuba, Puerto Rico); caoba del Atlántico (Honduras); caoba hondureña (Dominican Republic); caobo, caobo de Las Antillas (Venezuela); cedro carmesi, cedro cebolla, cedro espinoso; chacalte (Guatemala); chiculte (Belize); chiculti, cóbano (Mexico); ebano (Peru); flor de venadillo, gateado (Mexico); granadillo (Colombia); mara (Bolivia); orura, oruro (Venezuela); palo zopilote (Mexico); palosanto (Ecuador, Colombia); zopilote gateado (Mexico)

acagiu (italian); Acajouholz (german); acaju (portuguese); aguano (Brazil); ahuano (quichua, Ecuador); anacardo da América (portuguese); araputanga (Brazil); caoba (portuguese, Brazil); cedro-i, cedrorana (Brazil); Echtes Mahagoni (german); kajou etranje, kajou venezwela (creole, Haiti); kamarakatta (Guyana); Mahagoni, Mahagoniholz (german); mahok (dutch); mo-uá (chinanteco); mogano, mogano americano (italian); mogno, mogno brasileiro, mogno-brasileiro (Brazil); puná (lacandon); sutz'uch (maya, Belize); tzopilotl (nahuatl, Mexico); tzopilt-zontecomatl (nahuatl); tzutzul (Mexico); watergroenhart (Suriname); Zentralamerikanisches Mahagoni (german)

acajou Amérique, acajou d'Amérique, Brazilian mahogany, caoba, Honduras mahogany, mahogany

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Latin name	Swietenia macrophylla King
Family	Meliaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Mexico: Yucatán peninsula to Panama) South America (general) int Eurasia and Africa
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L[G]
Foliage	D E
Ecology	sci->hel (shade tolerant in youth) hyg->mes calc acid->neut
Use	cl (emblem tree of Belize) dr (infusion obtained with bark and seed against neurosis, diarrhea and fever) ex (almost extinct in Colombia) fd (excellent honey species) fw (fuel) ma pl (quickset hedge) sa (agroforestry) ti (boats building, cabinet work, wood carving, cuts and crafts, figurative plaque, furniture, general construction, houses, joinery, logs, lumber, matches, moulding, musical instruments, paneling, pattern making, pianos, plywood, tooth-picks, turned work, veneer) tx (dermatitis)
Synonym	Swietenia belizensis Lundell Swietenia candollei Pittier Swietenia krukovii Gleason Swietenia macrophylla var. marabaensis Ledoux & Lobato Swietenia tessmannii Harms
English name	Honduras mahogany; American mahogany, baywood; Belize mahogany, Brazilian mahogany, British Honduras mahogany (USA); broad leaf mahogany (Virgin Islands); broad-leaved mahogany; broken ridge mahogany (Belize); Central American mahogany (Virgin Islands); Colombian mahogany, Costa Rica mahogany, Costa Rican mahogany, Guatemalan mahogany, guenuine mahogany (India, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, USA); mahogany (Belize, India, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, USA); mahogany tree, Mexican mahogany p.p., Nicaraguan mahogany, Panama mahogany, Peruvian mahogany, South American mahogany, Tabasco mahogany, true mahogany; Venezuelan mahogany (Jamaica, Puerto Rico, USA)
French name	acajou du Honduras; acajou, acajou d'Amérique (French Guiana); acajou d'Amérique centrale, acajou de Honduras; acajou du Venezuela, acajou étranger (Haiti); mahogani du Honduras, mahogani-grandes feuilles
Spanish name	aguano (Peru); ahuano (Ecuador); cáguano (Honduras); cahoba del Atlántico (Nicaragua); caoba (Central and South America); caoba americana (Colombia); caoba centroamericana (Cuba, Nicaragua); caoba de Honduras (Cuba, Puerto Rico); caoba del Atlántico (Honduras); caoba hondureña (Dominican Republic); caobo, caobo de Las Antillas (Venezuela); cedro carmesi, cedro cebolla, cedro espinoso; chacalte (Guatemala); chiculte (Belize); chiculti, cóbano (Mexico); ebano (Peru); flor de venadillo, gateado (Mexico); granadillo (Colombia); mara (Bolivia); orura, oruro (Venezuela); palo zopilote (Mexico); palosanto (Ecuador, Colombia); zopilote gateado (Mexico)
Other name	acagiu (italian); Acajouholz (german); acaju (portuguese); aguano (Brazil); ahuano (quichua, Ecuador); anacardo da América (portuguese); araputanga (Brazil); caoba (portuguese, Brazil); cedro-i, cedrorana (Brazil); Echtes Mahagoni (german); kajou etranje, kajou venezwela (creole, Haiti); kamarakatta (Guyana); Mahagoni, Mahagoniholz (german); mahok (dutch); mo-uá (chinanteco); mogano, mogano americano (italian); mogno, mogno brasileiro, mogno-brasileiro (Brazil); puná (lacandon); sutz'uch (maya, Belize); tzopilotl (nahuatl, Mexico); tzopilt-zontecomatl (nahuatl); tzutzul (Mexico); watergroenhart (Suriname); Zentralamerikanisches Mahagoni (german)
Trade name	acajou Amérique, acajou d'Amérique, Brazilian mahogany, caoba, Honduras mahogany, mahogany