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Swietenia macrophylla

King (1886)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Sapindales Family: Meliaceae Genus: Swietenia

big leaf mahagony, Brazilian mahogany, broad-leaved mahogany, Honduras mahogany

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Description

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Historical Distribution

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Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
O'ahu Naturalized
Maui Naturalized

Dispersal Agents

Wind
Forestry

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Specimens

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Hooker's Icon. Pl. 16: t. 1550 (1886)

Other References

Meidell et al. 1998:6 (NEWNAT/O, WM); Staples & Herbst 2005:400 (DESCR)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Swietenia macrophylla Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Shady wet/mesic forest in gulch. Surrounded by Aleurites moluccanus, Cordyline fruiticosa, Clidemia hirta, Spathodea campanulata. Preserved_Specimen Arthur, K. 10 Oahu BISH 2025-01-13
2 Swietenia macrophylla Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Shady wet/mesic forest in gulch. Surrounded by Aleurites moluccanus, Cordyline fruiticosa, Clidemia hirta, Spathodea campanulata. Preserved_Specimen Arthur, K. 10 Oahu BISH 2025-01-13
3 Swietenia macrophylla Koloa, NTBG, McBryde Garden, Big Valley, W bank, Lawai Stream, near Stillwater Dam Preserved_Specimen Lorence, D.H. 8806 Kauai BISH 2001-11-07
4 Swietenia macrophylla Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Woodward, L. Oahu BISH 1994-07-03
5 Swietenia macrophylla Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Brock, K. 844 Kauai BISH 2016-06-03
6 Swietenia macrophylla Koloa, NTBG, McBryde Garden, Big Valley, W bank, Lawai Stream, near Stillwater Dam Preserved_Specimen Lorence, D.H. 8805 Kauai BISH 2001-11-07
7 Swietenia macrophylla Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Woodward, L. Oahu BISH 1994-07-03
8 Swietenia macrophylla Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Alien dominated forest. Preserved_Specimen Meidell, J.S. 201 Maui BISH 1997-07-05
9 Swietenia macrophylla Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Woodward, L. Oahu BISH 1994-07-03
10 Swietenia macrophylla Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Woodward, L. Oahu BISH 1994-07-03
11 Swietenia macrophylla Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Big Valley, just north of Stillwater Dam. Cultivated Preserved_Specimen Lorence, D.H. 10336 Kauai BISH 2012-07-02
12 Swietenia macrophylla Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Alien dominated forest in a gulch. Site is within a half mile of an area of known historic cultivation of this taxa. It is apparent from the presence of all size classes of plants and the geographic range they occupy that it ahs naturalized and is spreading. Hundreds of vigorous plants observed. Preserved_Specimen Meidell, J.S. 201 Maui BISH 1997-05-05
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