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'''''Swietenia''''' is a genus of trees in the [[mahogany]] family [[Meliaceae]]. It occurs in the [[Neotropics]], from southern [[Florida]], the [[Caribbean]], [[Mexico]] and [[Central America]] south to [[Bolivia]]. It is usually taken to consist of three species, geographically separated. They are medium-sized to large trees growing to 20-45 m tall, and up to 2 m trunk diameter. The [[leaf|leaves]] are 10-30 cm long, pinnate, with 3-6 pairs of leaflets, the terminal leaflet absent; each leaflet is 5-15 cm long. The leaves are [[deciduous]] to semi-[[evergreen]], falling shortly before the new foliage grows. The [[flower]]s are produced in loose [[inflorescences]], each flower small, with five white to greenish-yellowish petals. The [[fruit]] is a pear-shaped five-valved capsule 8-20 cm long, containing numerous winged seeds about 5-9 cm long. {{Inc| Swietenia (named for Gerard van Swieten, 1700-1772). Meliaceae. Trees, sometimes grown in the warmhouse, one of them yielding the mahogany of commerce: lvs. even-pinnate, very glabrous; lfts. opposite, petioled, obliquely ovate, long-acuminate: fls. small, in axillary or subterminal panicles; calyx small, 5-cleft; petals 5, spreading; staminal tube urn-shaped, 10-toothed, anthers 10; disk annular; ovary sessile, ovoid, 5-celled: caps. 5-celled, about 3 in. diam.—Three species, Trop. Amer. Intro. into S. U. S. S. Chloroxylon. Roxbg.-Chloroxylon Swietenia. {{SCH}} }} ==Cultivation== ===Propagation=== ===Pests and diseases=== ==Species== The three species are poorly defined biologically, in part because they [[Hybrid (biology)|hybridize]] freely when grown in proximity. ;Species *''[[Swietenia humilis]]'' - '''Pacific Coast Mahogany'''. Pacific coast of Central America and Mexico. *''[[Swietenia macrophylla]]'' - '''Honduras Mahogany'''. Atlantic coast of Central America, South America south to Bolivia. *''[[Swietenia mahagoni]]'' - '''West Indian Mahogany'''. Southern Florida, Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola. ==Gallery== <gallery perrow=5> Image:Upload.png| photo 1 Image:Upload.png| photo 2 Image:Upload.png| photo 3 </gallery> ==References== <references/>    ==External links== *{{wplink}} {{stub}} __NOTOC__

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