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| Swietenia mahagoni |
Biggest Plant Dictionary | Swietenia mahagoni | Swietenia mahagoni is a tall tree, up to 30 m high, with a short, buttressing base, up to 1 m in diameter and a large, spherical crown, many heavy branches and dense shade. The bark is smooth grey on young trees, turning to scaly dark reddish-brown on large trees.
The tree is deciduous in areas where it is subject to drought. Leaves even, pinnate, 10-18 cm long, and bearing 4-10 pairs of leaflets that are shiny, dark green, lance-shaped, 2.5-5 cm long by 0.7-2 cm broad. Flowers greenish-yellow, 6-8 mm across, in axillary panicles; panicles glabrous, shorter than the leaves. The light brown seed capsule stands upright, about 6-10 cm long by 4-5 cm diameter, with 5 valves splitting upward from the base. Each valve releases about 20 flat, brown, winged seeds, 4-6 cm long. Swietenia commemorates Gerard von Swieten (1700-1772), botanist and physician to Maria Theresa of Austria.
Characteristics
Swietenia Mahogany is a medium-sized semi-evergreen tree growing to 30–35 metres (98–115 ft) tall. The leaves are pinnate, 12–25 centimetres (4.7–9.8 in) long, with four to eight leaflets, each leaflet 5–6 centimetres (2.0–2.4 in) long and 2–3 centimetres (0.79–1.2 in) broad; there is no terminal leaflet. The flowers are small, produced in panicles. The fruit is a woody capsule 5–10 centimetres (2.0–3.9 in) long and 3–6 centimetres (1.2–2.4 in) broad, containing numerous winged seeds.
Swietenia Mahogany is a medium-sized semi-evergreen tree growing to 30–35 metres (98–115 ft) tall. The leaves are pinnate, 12–25 centimetres (4.7–9.8 in) long, with four to eight leaflets, each leaflet 5–6 centimetres (2.0–2.4 in) long and 2–3 centimetres (0.79–1.2 in) broad; there is no terminal leaflet. The flowers are small, produced in panicles. The fruit is a woody capsule 5–10 centimetres (2.0–3.9 in) long and 3–6 centimetres (1.2–2.4 in) broad, containing numerous winged seeds.
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| Swietenia mahagoni |
U.S. Federal Experimental Forest
Since 1954 the United States government has owned and maintained a 147 acre observation plot of secondary growth S. mahagoni at Estate Thomas on St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands. It is managed jointly by the Institute of Tropical Forestry with an adjoining privately owned tree farm at Estate Bellevue which belongs to the testamentary estate of Dr. Richard Marshall Bond a biologist who supervised the establishment of the federal tree farm at Estate Thomas.
Since 1954 the United States government has owned and maintained a 147 acre observation plot of secondary growth S. mahagoni at Estate Thomas on St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands. It is managed jointly by the Institute of Tropical Forestry with an adjoining privately owned tree farm at Estate Bellevue which belongs to the testamentary estate of Dr. Richard Marshall Bond a biologist who supervised the establishment of the federal tree farm at Estate Thomas.
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| Swietenia mahagoni |
Common names
(Bengali) : mahagni
(Creole) : kajou peyi
(Dutch) : mahok
(English) : Cuban mahogany tree, Dominican mahogany, Jamaican mahogany tree, mahogany, Puerto Rico mahogany tree, small leaf mahogany, Spanish mahogany tree, West Indian mahogany, West Indies mahogany
(French) : acajou, acajou pays
(Malay) : cheriamahogany
(Spanish) : caoba, caoba de Santo, domingo
(Tamil) : ciminukku, mahagony
(Bengali) : mahagni
(Creole) : kajou peyi
(Dutch) : mahok
(English) : Cuban mahogany tree, Dominican mahogany, Jamaican mahogany tree, mahogany, Puerto Rico mahogany tree, small leaf mahogany, Spanish mahogany tree, West Indian mahogany, West Indies mahogany
(French) : acajou, acajou pays
(Malay) : cheriamahogany
(Spanish) : caoba, caoba de Santo, domingo
(Tamil) : ciminukku, mahagony
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| Swietenia mahagoni |
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