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The Kentucky coffeetree is a moderately fast-growing tree, and male trees are often grown in parks and along city streets for ornamental purposes. The tree is typically fairly short-lived, healthy trees living from 100 to 150 years. [8] The Kentucky coffeetree sheds its leaves early during the fall and appears bare for up to 6 months.
Swietenia mahagoni, commonly known as American mahogany, Cuban mahogany, small-leaved mahogany, and West Indian mahogany, [1] is a species of Swietenia native to the broader Caribbean bioregion. [ 1 ] [ 4 ] It is the species from which the original mahogany wood was produced. [ 5 ]
Honduran mahogany is the most widespread and the only genuine mahogany species commercially grown today. Mahogany is a valuable lumber used for paneling, furniture, boats, musical instruments, and other items. The United States is the leading importer of mahogany, while Peru is the largest exporter.
Kentucky retained its spot in the top 10 states nationally in the number of farms, though it was far behind Texas, with 231,000 farms and ranches and 125 million acres in farms.. The number of ...
Swietenia macrophylla, commonly known as mahogany, [3] Honduran mahogany, [3] Honduras mahogany, [4] or big-leaf mahogany [5] is a species of plant in the Meliaceae family. It is one of three species that yields genuine mahogany timber ( Swietenia ), the others being Swietenia mahagoni and Swietenia humilis .
Meliaceae: mahogany family; Cedrela: cedrela trees; Cedrela odorata: Spanish cedrela; cedro hembra Meliaceae (mahogany family) Melia: berry mahoganies; Melia azedarach: chinaberry Meliaceae (mahogany family) 993 Swietenia: baywoods; Swietenia macrophylla: American mahogany Meliaceae (mahogany family) Swietenia mahagoni: mahogany Meliaceae ...
Species of this genus are only occasionally plantation-grown in Central America, in spite of the good growing conditions and high price of the wood, due to the ubiquitous presence of the mahogany shoot borer moth (also known as the cedar tip moth), Hypsipyla grandella, which damages the form of the tree by killing the terminal shoot, causing ...
Swietenia humilis is a species of tree in the family Meliaceae.It is one of three species in the genus Swietenia, all three of which are regarded as "genuine mahogany."At 6 metres (20 ft), it is one-fifth the height of S. mahagoni and one-sixth the height of S. macrophylla.