Swietenia macrophylla King
Swietenia macrophylla King
Family: Meliaceae
Big-Leaf Mahogany, Bastard Mahogany, Honduras mahogany
Local name (Kannada):
Habit: Tree
Distribution:
Native of Central and South America.
Use: Timber
Description:
Deciduous trees, to 25 m high; bark brown. Leaves paripinnate, alternate; leaflets 4-10, opposite or subopposite, obliquely ovate-lanceolate, oblong-acuminate, oblong-lanceolate or falcate; base oblique, apex acuminate or caudate-acuminate. Flowers bisexual, pale yellow, to 8 mm across, in axillary panicles to 10 cm. Petals 5, to 4 mm, oblong. Stamens 10. Fruit a capsule, 8.5 x 6.5 cm, oblong-globose, 5-valved, woody, rusty out side; seeds many, winged.