Meliaceae
West Indian mahogany
Swietenia mahagoni
- Family
- Meliaceae
- Genus
- Swietenia
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Common names
By language (30)
- Arabic
- شجرة كايلي, شجرة مغنة
- arz
- سويتينيا ماهاجونى
- ban
- Mahoni
- Basque
- Kaoba
- Bulgarian
- Карибско махагоново дърво
- Cantonese
- 細葉桃花心木
- Chinese
- 小叶桃花心木, 小葉桃花心木, 桃花心木, 西印度群岛桃花心木
- English
- West Indian mahogany, Small-leaved mahogany, American mahogany, Cuban mahogany, West indies mahogany
- Finnish
- Karibianaitomahonki, Karibianmahonki
- French
- Acajou des Antilles, Acajou, Mahogani De Saint-dominique, Mahogani Petites Feuilles, Acajou de Cuba, Mahogany
- Georgian
- Ამერიკული წითელი ხე
- Hebrew
- מהגוני ספרדי
- hsb
- Prawy mahagonijowc
- Indonesian
- Mahoni
- Italian
- Mogano
- Japanese
- スパニッシュ・マホガニー
- Javanese
- Mahoni
- Kannada
- ಸ್ವೀಟೆನಿಯಾ ಮಹಾಗೋನಿ
- lah
- وسٹ انڈین مہاگنی
- mad
- Mahonè
- Malay
- Mahoni
- Malayalam
- ചെറിയ മഹാഗണി
- Persian
- درخت ماهون
- Polish
- Mahoniowiec właściwy
- Portuguese
- Mogno-das-Antilhas
- pwn
- Maugani
- Romanian
- Mahon, Swietinia mahagoni
- Spanish
- Caoba Espanõla, Coabilla, Caoba de las Indias occidentales
- Turkish
- Maun
- Vietnamese
- Dái ngựa, Dái ngựa Tây Ấn, Xà cừ Tây Ấn
Synonyms
- Cedrela mahagoni L.
- Swietenia acutifolia Stokes
- Swietenia fabrilis Salisb.
- Swietenia mahagoni var. praecociflora Hemsl.
- Swietenia mahogani C.DC.
- Swietenia mahogoni Lam.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Christian Pirkl, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.