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Taxon:  Swietenia macrophylla King



Summary
Genus:
Swietenia
Family:
Meliaceae
Nomen number:
35955
Place of publication:
Hooker's Icon. Pl. 16: t. 1550. 1886
Verified:
10/28/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Swietenia candollei Pittier
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Reference(s)
  1. PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
  2. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
  3. Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature
  4. CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
  5. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
  6. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  7. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
  8. Gullison, R. E. et al. 2000. 'Marketing' species conservation. Nature 404:923-924.
  9. Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
  10. Lamb, D. & P. Lawrence. 1993. Mixed species plantation using high value rainforest trees in Australia. Restoration of tropical forest ecosystems. 102. Note: Kluwer Academic, Dordrecht.
  11. Luna, R. K. 1996. Plantation trees. Note: International Book Distributors
  12. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
  13. Mors, W. T. & C. T. Rizzini. 1966. Useful plants of Brazil.
  14. Mors, W. T. & C. T. Rizzini. 1966. Useful plants of Brazil. 127.
  15. Pennington, T. D. 1981. Meliaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 28:395.
  16. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  17. Smith, R. J. Botanical beads of the world (on-line resource).
  18. Soerianegara, I. & R. H. M. J. Lemmens, eds. 1993. Timber trees: major commercial timbers. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 5(1):447.
  19. Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Common names
English
Honduran mahogany –
mahogany –
Portuguese (Brazil)
aguano –
araputanga –
caóba –
cedro-í –
mogno –
mogno-brasileiro –
Spanish
caoba –
Spanish (Bolivia)
mara –
Spanish (Peru)
aguano –
Swedish
hondurasmahogny –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoCampeche 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoChiapas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoQuintana Roo 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoTabasco 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoVeracruz de Ignacio de la Llave 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilAcren. & w.
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazilPará 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaBelize  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaCosta RicaGuanacaste 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaGuatemalaChimaltenango 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaGuatemalaIzabal 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaGuatemalaPetén 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaHondurasColón 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaHondurasOlancho 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaNicaraguaZelaya 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaPanamaDarién 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaPanamaPanamá 
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaFrench Guiana  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuelaAragua 
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuelaBarinas 
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuelaZulia 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBoliviaLa Paz 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBoliviaSanta Cruz 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombiaBolívar 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruHuánuco 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruLoreto 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruSan Martín 
2Cultivated    also cult.
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaSingapore  
4NaturalizedPacificNorth-Central PacificUnited StatesHawaii 
Native
Northern America
  • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Campeche, Chiapas, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave]
Southern America
  • CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica [Guanacaste], Guatemala [Chimaltenango, Izabal, Petén], Honduras [Colón, Olancho], Nicaragua [Zelaya], Panama [Darién, Panamá]
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Venezuela [Aragua, Barinas, Zulia]
  • BRAZIL: Brazil [Acre (n. & w.), Pará]
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia [Santa Cruz, La Paz], Colombia [Bolívar], Peru [Huánuco, Loreto, San Martín]
Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
  • MALESIA: Singapore
Pacific
  • NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalrevegetator Lamb, D. & P. Lawrence. 1993. Mixed species plantation using high value rainforest trees in Australia. Restoration of tropical forest ecosystems. 102. Note: Kluwer Academic, Dordrecht.
Materialsbeads Smith, R. J. Botanical beads of the world (on-line resource).
Materialswood Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Materialswood Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
Materialswoodfide F Neotrop 28:400. 1981Pennington, T. D. 1981. Meliaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 28:395.
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Weed  Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=35955. Accessed 22 May 2025.