ACCESSION NO: KFRIw 578

  • Scientific Name: Swietenia macrophylla King
  • Family: Meliaceae
  • Trade Name: Mahogany, Caoba, Mara , American Mahogany
  • Common Name: Honduras mahogany, Guatemala mahogany, Brazilian mahogany, Mogno (Brazil)
  • പൊതുവായ പേരുകള്‍: മഹാഗണി
  • Native: Mexico to Bolivia and Brazil
  • Specimen from: Maynas, Mazan, Fundo Libertad, Rio Mazan
  • State & Region: Loreto, Peru
  • Collected by: K. M. Bhat
  • General Characteristics: Tree to 30 m. Leaflets ovate to elliptical. Flowers are usually pentamerous, white. Capsule ovoid.
  • Wood Anatomy: Wood is diffuse porous. Growth rings are distinct. Vessels solitary and in radial multiples of two to three, medium-sized.Rays fine to moderately broad, few and widely spaced.
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