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Synonyms:
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Cedrela mahagoni L.
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| Common names:
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Cuban mahogany (English)
Spanish mahogany (English)
West Indian mahogany (English)
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| Description:
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Evergreen tree to 25 m. Leaves alternate, 1-pinnate, paripinnate with 4-8 pairs of entire leaflets. Leaflets 8-10 × 3-5 cm, glossy; apex acuminate with an acute tip; base rounded, asymmetric. Inflorescences 8-15 cm long. Flowers with pale greenish-cream petals. Fruit a dark brown to black, ovoid capsule. Seeds winged. |
| Notes:
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In Zimbabwe, known only from the Commercial Section of the National Botanic Gardens. The identity of the tree there is in some doubt as it to some extent resembles Swietenia macrophylla, a very similar species. |
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| Worldwide distribution:
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Native to tropical America and the West Indies |
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| Spot characters:
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Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature:
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Glen, H.F. (2002). Cultivated Plants of Southern Africa. Jacana, Johannesburg, South Africa. Page 217.
Glen, H.F. & Van Wyk, B. (2016). Guide to Trees Introduced into Southern Africa Struik Nature Pages 368 - 369. (Includes a picture).
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