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    Species Accepted

    Swietenia mahagoni (L.) Jacq.

    American Mahogany
    EukaryotaPlantae...Swietenia
    IUCNNear Threatened

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 12 countries or islands

      12 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      AnguillaNo
      CuraçaoNo
      DominicaNo
      EcuadorNoUnknown
      EcuadorNo
      IndonesiaYes
      IndiaNo
      Saint Kitts and NevisNo
      Lao People’s Democratic RepublicNo
      SeychellesNo
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      41 results
      Acajou
      Acajou a planches
      Acajou de St. Domingue
      American Mahogany English
      Cajou
      Cajou a planches (Haiti)
      Caoba
      Caoba
      Caoba
      Caoba Espanõla Spanish

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
      2 results
      Source Dataset
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      11 results
      Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] 3(2): 678. 1792 [13 Feb 1792] (as Mahogoni)
      Stokes. (1812). Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 479 (1812).
      Jacq. Enum. Syst. Pl. 20 (1760).
      Monogr. Phan. 1: 730 (1878)
      Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 317 (1796).
      Mill. (1759). Gard. Dict., ed. 8: no. 2 (1759).
      Sp. Pl. 1: 548 (1753)
      Hemsl. (1905). Hooker’s Icon. Pl. 28: t. 2786 (1905).
      Lam. Encycl.
      L. (1759). Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 2: 940 (1759).

      Citation

      Swietenia mahagoni (L.) Jacq. in undefined