Characteristics
Dicots
Swietenia mahagoni (L.)Jacq.
WEST INDIAN MAHOGANY
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Commonly planted and naturalized, in Florida this species is primarily native only to the northern Keys and southern hammocks of the Everglades (Little 1978; Morton 1987). Elsewhere it is thought to be native to the Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, and Jamaica (Pennington et al. 1981). The name "mahogany" perhaps derived from the Yoruba (Keay 1996). Swietenia mahagoni was a historically important timber, especially for ships and furniture, but its resource has been severely depleted (Brown 1912; Mell 1917).
Native
Threatened-State
UPL (NWPL)
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Citation
SWIETENIA MAHAGONI (Linnaeus) Jacquin, Enum. Syst. Pl. 20. 1760.
Cedrela mahagoni Linnaeus 1759.
Without data (lectotype: Catesby, Nat. Hist. Carolina 2: t. 81. 1743). Lectotypified by Dandy, Sloane Herb. 112. 1958.
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