Swietenia

Swietenia
Fruit and leaves of Swietenia macrophylla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Meliaceae
Subfamily: Cedreloideae
Genus: Swietenia
Jacq.[1]
Species
Synonyms[1]
  • Elutheria M.Roem.
  • Mahagoni Adans.
  • Roia Scop.
  • Suitenia Stokes, orth. var.

Swietenia is a genus of trees in the chinaberry family, Meliaceae. It occurs natively in the Neotropics, from southern Florida, the Caribbean, Mexico and Central America south to Bolivia. The genus is named for Dutch-Austrian physician Gerard van Swieten (1700–1772).[3] The wood of Swietenia trees is known as mahogany.

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  3. ^ Austin, Daniel F. (2004). Florida Ethnobotany. CRC Press. p. 655. ISBN 978-0-8493-2332-4.