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Swietenia
macrophylla
King
Published In:
Hooker's Icones Plantarum 16: t. 1550. 1886. (
Hooker's Icon. Pl.
)
Project Name Data
(Last Modified On 6/2/2011)
Acceptance :
Accepted
Project Data
(Last Modified On 6/3/2011)
Type:
Type: Cultivated in Botanic Garden, Calcutta, from seeds stated to have been collected in Honduras (CAL?).
Habitat:
Reported by Parker (For. Fl. Punj. 72. 1956) from Jinnah Gardens, Lahore.
Comment/Acknowledgements:
Native tree of the Honduras, cultivated in most tropical countries. Its dark-coloured wood is used for household furniture.
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The tree differs from S. mahagoni in the larger size of the leaflet which is up to 14 cm. long, flower 6-7 mm long, capsule, c. 13 cm long and seed c. 8 cm long.