.jpg) Swietenia macrophylla Meliaceae Honduras Mahogany Mex to Boliv Coaba valuable timber Summit Park Image by Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed CC BY 2.0 |
MahoganyMahogany Mahogany Timber of tropical hardwood species in the genus Swietenia This article is about the timber. For other uses, see Mahogany (disambiguation). Mahogany is a straight-grained, reddish-brown timber of three tropical hardwood species of the genus Swietenia, indigenous to the Americas[1] and part of the pantropical chinaberry family, Meliaceae. Mahogany is used commercially for a wide variety of goods, due to its coloring and durable nature. It is naturally found within the Americas, but has also been imported to plantations across Asia and Oceania. The mahogany trade is believed to have started as early as the 16th century and flourished throughout the 17th and 18th centuries. In some countries, mahogany is classified as an invasive species. Honduran mahogany tree,… (Source: Wikipedia)
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