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Accession Data:

Swietenia mahogani L.

  • Common Name: West Indian Mahogany
  • Family: Meliaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Caribbean, South Florida

  • USDA Zone: 10-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201300011
  • Source: Matt Opel
  • Provenance: Seed from cultivated tree in Florida, collected by Herbert Sullivan
  • Accession Date: 02-06-2013
  • Bench: 1303 - NEOA: Ground Bed 1 NE
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 03-24-2025
  • Restrictions:
    • IUCN Red List: Endangered Species
    • CITES Appendix II Listed Plant
    • BGCI Limited Ex Situ Distribution - Plants do not leave building without Manager approval!

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid II
  • Order: Sapindales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Meliaceae
  • SubFamily: Cedreloideae
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024

References (internal):

  • IUCN Redlist Endangered Species
  • Plants with Extrafloral Nectaries

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 26 February 2015.
  2. Swietenia mahagoni. (2013, August 10). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 17:56, November 11, 2013
  3. Americas Regional Workshop (Conservation & Sustainable Management of Trees, Costa Rica, November 1996) 1998. Swietenia mahagoni. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. . Downloaded on 11 November 2013.

data regenerated on Mon, 24 Mar 2025 08:30:07 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Meliaceae

Subfamily Cedreloideae

  • Swietenia mahogani

Subfamily Cedreloideae
Tribe Cedreleae

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Subfamily Melioideae

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  • Guarea kunthiana W/C

Subfamily Melioideae
Tribe Melieae

  • Melia azedarach

Subfamily Melioideae
Tribe Turraeeae

  • Turraea floribunda
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
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= accession added within past 90 days
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