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  2. Mahogany - Wikipedia

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    Honduran mahogany tree, Swietenia macrophylla Wood from Honduran mahogany. Mahogany is a straight-grained, reddish-brown timber of three tropical hardwood species of the genus Swietenia, indigenous to the Americas [1] and part of the pantropical chinaberry family, Meliaceae. Mahogany is used commercially for a wide variety of goods, due to its ...

  3. Swietenia macrophylla - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  4. List of woods - Wikipedia

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    Indian mahogany, chickrassy, chittagong wood (Chukrasia velutina) Spanish Cedar, cedro, Brazilian mahogany (Cedrela odorata) Light bosse, pink mahogany (Guarea cedrata) Dark bosse, pink Mahogany (Guarea thompsonii) American muskwood (Guarea grandifolia) Carapa, royal mahogany, demerara mahogany, bastard mahogany, andiroba, crabwood (Carapa ...

  5. Swietenia mahagoni - Wikipedia

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    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 ]

  6. Chukrasia - Wikipedia

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    Chukrasia tabularis, the Indian mahogany, is a deciduous, tropical forest tree species in the family Meliaceae.It is native to Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India ...

  7. African mahogany - Wikipedia

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    African mahogany is a marketing name for several African trees whose wood has properties similar to New World mahogany species. genus Entandrophragma of the family Meliaceae; genus Khaya of the family Meliaceae; genus Afzelia of the family Fabaceae (legumes)

  8. Mahogany (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Mahogany (color), inspired by the wood Mahogany (drink), a blend of gin and treacle Mahogany (e-mail client), an OpenSource cross-platform e-mail and news client Mahogany (horse), Australian racehorse

  9. Meliaceae - Wikipedia

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    Meliaceae, the mahogany family, is a flowering plant family of mostly trees and shrubs (and a few herbaceous plants, mangroves) in the order Sapindales.. They are characterised by alternate, usually pinnate leaves without stipules, and by syncarpous, [2] apparently bisexual (but actually mostly cryptically unisexual) flowers borne in panicles, cymes, spikes or clusters.