Names: Cedrela hahogani.
English: Mahogony; Honduran mahogany; Honduras mahogany; Big-leaf mahogany; Large-leaved mahogany; Brazilian mahogany; Bastard mahogany; Broad-leaved mahogany; Genuine mahogany; Tropical American mahogany; Sky fruit.
French: Acajou; Acajou à grandes feuilles; Acajou du Honduras.
Spanish: Caoba; Mara; Mogno.
Malayalam: Mahagony.
Tamil: Thenkani.
Telugu: Mahagani; peddakulamaghani
Sinhala: Mahogani.
Region: South America, Mexico, Central America; naturalised in Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Hawaii.
Content:
Bromium; SMEAF.
Use: mahogany timber; wood for furniture, musical instruments, ships, doors, coffins, decors, wind-breaks; cultivated especially in India and Fiji, also in Indonesia, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Fiji, Philippines, Singapore; one of three species that yields genuine mahogany timber, together with Swietenia mahagoni and Swietenia humilis.
BotanyTree.
Leaves: large, up to 45 cm long; leaflets even in number, connected by a central midrib.
Fruits: capsule; light grey to brown; called sky fruits, growing upwards towards the sky; up to 40 cm long; containing up to 71 winged seeds.
Seeds: up to 7 to 12 cm long.