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|familia=Meliaceae
|familia=Meliaceae
|genus=Swietenia
|genus=Swietenia
|species=mahogani
|species=mahogani
|common_name=West Indies mahogany
|common_name=West Indies mahogany
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|max_zone=12
|max_zone=12
|image=Upload.png
|image=Tree in new leaves I IMG 6222.jpg
|image_width=240
|image_width=200
|image_caption=Cultivated tree
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'''''Swietenia mahagoni''''', commonly known as the '''West Indian Mahogany''', is a species of ''[[Swietenia]]'' native to southern [[Florida]], [[USA]], [[The Bahamas]], [[Cuba]], [[Jamaica]], and [[Hispaniola]].<ref name=danida>DANIDA Factsheet: [http://en.sl.life.ku.dk/upload/swietenia_mahagoni_int.pdf ''Swietenia mahagoni'']</ref> It is the species from which the original [[mahogany]] wood was produced.{{Citation needed|date=June 2010}}
Swietenia Mahogany is a medium-sized [[evergreen|semi-evergreen]] [[tree]] growing to {{convert|30|–|35|m|ft}} tall. The [[leaf|leaves]] are pinnate, {{convert|12|–|25|cm|in}} long, with four to eight [[leaflet]]s, each leaflet {{convert|5|–|6|cm|in}} long and {{convert|2|–|3|cm|in}} broad; there is no terminal leaflet. The [[flower]]s are small, produced in [[panicle]]s. The [[fruit]] is a woody [[capsule (fruit)|capsule]] {{convert|5|–|10|cm|in}} long and {{convert|3|–|6|cm|in}} broad, containing numerous winged [[seed]]s.<ref name=danida/>
The bark in younger specimens is smooth and grayish, becoming darker and furrowed with age. In the U.S. mahoganies are semi-deciduous, losing all or most of their leaves over winter or shedding at the flush of new growth in spring. New leaves emerge blood red to pinkish, quickly becoming a bright, light green and darkening as they mature.
In the Florida Keys and south Florida, the species grows at the northern extent of its range, with individuals reaching {{convert|10|–|15|m|ft}} tall.
It is also grown as an [[ornamental tree]] in subtropical and tropical regions.
==Cultivation==
==Cultivation==
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