Swietenia macrophylla ?

Swietenia macrophylla ?; . Re: 121011-MS – 57- Request ID of a Meliaceae tree.: 3 images. Herewith enclosing the photographs of a big, rather huge tree. Photos taken on 9.10.2011. Place: Rajkumar park, Mysore Leaves seem to be pinnate, so it should be a Neem [Azadirachta indica] tree. I am sure the tree is not neem . In this […]

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Swietenia mahagoni (Introduced)

Swietenia mahagoni (L.) Jacq., Enum. Syst. Pl. 20 1760. (Syn: Cedrela mahagoni L.; Cedrus mahogani (L.) Mill.; Swietenia acutifolia Stokes; Swietenia fabrilis Salisb.; Swietenia mahogani C. DC.; Swietenia mahogoni Lam.); . USA (Florida), Bahamas, Cayman Isl., Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, United States (FL), exotic in Puerto Rico, Virgin Isl. (St. Croix), Lesser Antilles (Anguilla, Antigua, Barbados, Barbuda, […]

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Swietenia macrophylla

Swietenia macrophylla King, Hooker’s Icon. Pl. 16: t. 1550 1886. (Syn: Swietenia belizensis Lundell; Swietenia candollei Pittier; Swietenia krukovii Gleason; Swietenia macrophylla var. marabaensis Ledoux & Lobato; Swietenia tessmannii Harms); .  Common name: Big-Leaf Mahogany, Bastard Mahogany, Honduras mahogany • Malayalam: mahagony • Telugu: Mahagani, Peddakulamaghani . Keys according to the Bengal Plants: i) leaflets […]

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