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Big-Leaf Mahogany

மகாகனி

Swietenia macrophylla

Endangered

Big-Leaf Mahogany
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Overview

Swietenia macrophylla, commonly known as mahogany, Honduran mahogany, Honduras mahogany, or big-leaf mahogany is a species of plant in the Meliaceae family. It is one of three species in genus Swietenia that yield genuine mahogany timber, the others being Swietenia mahagoni and Swietenia humilis. It is native to South America, Mexico and Central America, but naturalized in the Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia and Hawaii, and cultivated in plantations and wind-breaks elsewhere.

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  1. Wikipedia (EN): Swietenia macrophylla — CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikipedia (TA): மகாகனி — CC BY-SA 4.0