Chloroxylon swietenia | |
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Ragihalli Forest, Bengaluru district, India. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Rutaceae |
Genus: | Chloroxylon |
Species: | C. swietenia
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Binomial name | |
Chloroxylon swietenia | |
Synonyms[2] | |
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Chloroxylon swietenia , the Ceylon satinwood or East Indian satinwood,[3] is a tropical hardwood, the sole species in the genus Chloroxylon (from the Greek χλωρὸν ξύλον, "green wood"). It is native to southern India, Sri Lanka, and Madagascar.[1]
It and Zanthoxylum flavum, the West Indian satinwood, are considered to be the original satinwoods.[4]