Meliaceae
Honduras mahogany
Swietenia macrophylla
- Family
- Meliaceae
- Genus
- Swietenia
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Common names
By language (9)
- Chinese
- 大叶桃花心木, 大葉桃花心木
- English
- Honduras mahogany, Big-leaf mahogany, Big leaf mahogany, Bigleaf mahogany, Brazilian mahogany, Large-leaved mahogany
- Esperanto
- Grandfolia svitenio
- Finnish
- Amerikanaitomahonki
- French
- Mahogani Grands Feuilles
- German
- Amerikanischer Mahagoni
- Japanese
- ホンジュラスマホガニー
- Portuguese
- Mogno-do-Brasil
- Spanish
- Caoba, Caoba de hoja grande, Mara, Mogno
Synonyms
- Swietenia belizensis Lundell
- Swietenia candollei Pittier
- Swietenia macrophylla var. marabaensis Ledoux & Lobato
- Swietenia tessmannii Harms
Flowers
- In flower
- March to April (from 7 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Alaina Krakowiak, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
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Photo: Cheng-Tao Lin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
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Photo: Titha62, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: 謝麗霦, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Titha62, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 謝麗霦, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.