swietenia

Noun

Meaning

A genus of meliaceous trees consisting of one species (Sweitenia Mahogoni), the mahogany tree.

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According to Record and Hess, all of the mahogany of continental North and South America can be considered as one botanical species, Swietenia macrophylla King. Source: Internet

The national tree of Belize is the mahogany tree ( Swietenia macrophylla ), one of the magnificent giants of the Belize rain forest. Source: Internet

In 1836 the German botanist Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini (1797–1848) identified a second species while working on specimens collected on the Pacific coast of Mexico, and named it Swietenia humilis. Source: Internet

The following year it was assigned to a new genus by Nicholas Joseph Jacquin (1727–1817), and named Swietenia mahagoni. Source: Internet

While the three Swietenia species are classified officially as "genuine mahogany", other Meliaceae species with timber uses are classified as "true mahogany." Source: Internet

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