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Swietenia mahagoni (L.) Jacq.

Meliaceae

SE North America (USA: S Florida, Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica) South America (tropics) int Eurasia, Africa and Oceania (tropics)

D[E]

hel mes xer calc sili [acid]

dr (bark, leaves decoction with salt taken orally for nerve disorders, leaves or roots extract applied externally for bleeding, macerated or decoction of bark with salt taken orally for fever, anemia, diarrhea and dysentery, resin or bark decoction for toothache, seed tea taken orally for chest pain, steeped bark and roots taken orally for vitamins and iron, steeped bark taken orally for loss of appetite, steeped bark with rum for 3-4 days taken orally as aphrodisiac) fd ma pl sa ti (fine cabinet, furniture, ship building)

Cedrela mahagoni L. Cedrus mahogani (L.) Mill. Swietenia acutifolia Stokes Swietenia fabrilis Salisb. Swietenia mahagoni Lam. Swietenia mahagoni var. praecociflora Hemsl. Swietenia mahogani C.DC. Swietenia mahogoni Lam.

WestIndies mahogany; Barbados mahogany, Cuban mahogany; curlet-mahogany (Jamaica); Dominican mahogany (Jamaica, Puerto Rico, USA, Virgin Islands); mahogany (Bahamas, India, Puerto Rico, Tobago, Trinidad, USA, Virgin Islands, West Indies); mahogany tree; sabica (Bahamas); small-leaf mahogany (Jamaica, Puerto Rico, USA, Virgin Islands); Spanish mahogany (St.Vincent, Tobago, Trinidad); true mahogany (West Indies); West Indian mahogany (Jamaica, Puerto Rico, USA, Virgin Islands); WestIndian mahogany

acajou des Antilles; acajou (Haiti); acajou d'Amérique; acajou de Cuba (West Indies); acajou de Saint Domingue (Guadeloupe); acajou pays (Haiti); arbre d'acajou (West Indies); bois d'acajou, cajou, cajou à planche, cajou à planches; cèdre des Antilles (West Indies); mahogani de Saint-Domingue, mahogani-pays; mahogany, mahogany du pays (Guadeloupe); mahogany petites feuilles (Guadeloupe, Martinique); swiéténia mahagony

aguano, ajo de perdiz, cabello de angel; caoba (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); caoba antillana, caoba de caracolillo; caoba de Cuba (Cuba); caoba de las Antillas (Panama); caoba de obra, caoba de ramazón; caoba de Santo Domingo (Puerto Rico); caoba dominicana (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); caoba yema de huevo (Cuba); caobilla; caobo (Cuba, Dominican Republic); caroba de ramazón (Cuba); madiera (Bahamas); ojo de perdiz

albero di acajou; Antillen-Mahagoni, Echtes Mahagoni, Insel-Mahagoni (german); kajou, kajou peyi (creole, Haiti); Kuba-Mahagoni (german); madeira; mahok (Netherlands Antilles, Suriname); mahoni (Suriname); mahonijboom, (dutch, Tropical America); mogano di Cuba (italian); nieuxbladboom (dutch, Tropical America); teponastli (Mexico); Westindisches Mahagoni (german)

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Latin name	Swietenia mahagoni (L.) Jacq.
Family	Meliaceae
Distribution	SE North America (USA: S Florida, Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica) South America (tropics) int Eurasia, Africa and Oceania (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	D[E]
Ecology	hel mes xer calc sili [acid]
Use	dr (bark, leaves decoction with salt taken orally for nerve disorders, leaves or roots extract applied externally for bleeding, macerated or decoction of bark with salt taken orally for fever, anemia, diarrhea and dysentery, resin or bark decoction for toothache, seed tea taken orally for chest pain, steeped bark and roots taken orally for vitamins and iron, steeped bark taken orally for loss of appetite, steeped bark with rum for 3-4 days taken orally as aphrodisiac) fd ma pl sa ti (fine cabinet, furniture, ship building)
Synonym	Cedrela mahagoni L. Cedrus mahogani (L.) Mill. Swietenia acutifolia Stokes Swietenia fabrilis Salisb. Swietenia mahagoni Lam. Swietenia mahagoni var. praecociflora Hemsl. Swietenia mahogani C.DC. Swietenia mahogoni Lam.
English name	WestIndies mahogany; Barbados mahogany, Cuban mahogany; curlet-mahogany (Jamaica); Dominican mahogany (Jamaica, Puerto Rico, USA, Virgin Islands); mahogany (Bahamas, India, Puerto Rico, Tobago, Trinidad, USA, Virgin Islands, West Indies); mahogany tree; sabica (Bahamas); small-leaf mahogany (Jamaica, Puerto Rico, USA, Virgin Islands); Spanish mahogany (St.Vincent, Tobago, Trinidad); true mahogany (West Indies); West Indian mahogany (Jamaica, Puerto Rico, USA, Virgin Islands); WestIndian mahogany
French name	acajou des Antilles; acajou (Haiti); acajou d'Amérique; acajou de Cuba (West Indies); acajou de Saint Domingue (Guadeloupe); acajou pays (Haiti); arbre d'acajou (West Indies); bois d'acajou, cajou, cajou à planche, cajou à planches; cèdre des Antilles (West Indies); mahogani de Saint-Domingue, mahogani-pays; mahogany, mahogany du pays (Guadeloupe); mahogany petites feuilles (Guadeloupe, Martinique); swiéténia mahagony
Spanish name	aguano, ajo de perdiz, cabello de angel; caoba (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); caoba antillana, caoba de caracolillo; caoba de Cuba (Cuba); caoba de las Antillas (Panama); caoba de obra, caoba de ramazón; caoba de Santo Domingo (Puerto Rico); caoba dominicana (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); caoba yema de huevo (Cuba); caobilla; caobo (Cuba, Dominican Republic); caroba de ramazón (Cuba); madiera (Bahamas); ojo de perdiz
Other name	albero di acajou; Antillen-Mahagoni, Echtes Mahagoni, Insel-Mahagoni (german); kajou, kajou peyi (creole, Haiti); Kuba-Mahagoni (german); madeira; mahok (Netherlands Antilles, Suriname); mahoni (Suriname); mahonijboom, (dutch, Tropical America); mogano di Cuba (italian); nieuxbladboom (dutch, Tropical America); teponastli (Mexico); Westindisches Mahagoni (german)
Trade name	mahogany