Rutaceae

East Indian satinwood

Chloroxylon swietenia DC.

Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Chloroxylon

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East Indian satinwood: Chloroxylon swietenia (syn. Swietenia chloroxylon )- Ceylon Satinwood, East Indian Satinwood, Buruta • Hindi: Bhirra, Bhivia, Dhoura, Girya • Marathi: Behru, Ha — Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (15)

Cebuano: Chloroxylon
Chinese: 黄缎木
Dutch: Chloroxylon
English: East Indian satinwood, Ceylon satinwood
Hindi: भिर्रा
Irish: Sróladhmad
Japanese: インドシュスボク
Kannada: ಹುರುಗಲು
Malayalam: വരിമരം
Persian: چوبابریشمی سیلان
Russian: Сатиновое дерево, Атласное дерево
Sinhala: බුරුත ශාකය
Swedish: Chloroxylon
Tamil: முதிரை
Vietnamese: Sơn tiêu Ceylon, Sơn tiêu Tích Lan, Sơn tiêu Đông Ấn

Synonyms

Chloroxylon chloroxylon (Roxb.) Huth
Swietenia chloroxylon Roxb.

Photos

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Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.