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Swietenia macrophylla

King (1886)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Sapindales Family: Meliaceae Genus: Swietenia

big leaf mahagony, Brazilian mahogany, broad-leaved mahogany, Honduras mahogany

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Description

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Historical Distribution

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Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
O'ahu Naturalized
Maui Naturalized

Dispersal Agents

Wind
Forestry

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Hooker's Icon. Pl. 16: t. 1550 (1886)

Other References

Meidell et al. 1998:6 (NEWNAT/O, WM); Staples & Herbst 2005:398 (KEY), 400 (DESCR)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Swietenia macrophylla King w maui, a gulch on the e wall of honokohau valley, site is within 1/2 mile of an area of known historic cultivation of this taxa Alien dominated forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN meidell, j.s. oppenheimer, h.l. collector number: 201 Maui BISH 7/5/1997
2 Swietenia macrophylla King Koloa, NTBG, McBryde Garden, Big Valley, W bank, Lawai Stream, near Stillwater Dam PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Lorence, D.H. Collector Number: 8805 Kauai BISH 11/7/2001
3 Swietenia macrophylla King W Maui, E wal of Honokohau Valley Alien dominated forest in a gulch. Site is within a half mile of an area of known historic cultivation of this taxa. It is apparent from the presence of all size classes of plants and the geographic range they occupy that it ahs naturalized and is spreading. Hundreds of vigorous plants observed. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Meidell, J.S. 201 Maui BISH 5/5/1997
4 Swietenia macrophylla King national tropical botanical garden in lawai valley, mcbryde garden, big valley Infrequent in bog proper. Associated w/Carex, Rhynchospora, Plantago, Deschampsia, Lycopodium, Panicum, Sphagnum, etc. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN lorence, d.h. collector number: 10336 Hawaii BISH 7/2/2012
5 Swietenia macrophylla King kawaiiki stream above haleiwa PRESERVED_SPECIMEN woodward, l. Oahu BISH 7/3/1994
6 Swietenia macrophylla King National Tropical Botanical Garden in Lawai Valley, McBryde Garden, Big Valley, just North of Stillwater Dam. Cultivated. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN David H. Lorence 10336 Kauai PTBG 7/2/2012
7 Swietenia macrophylla King Moloaa, planted along property boundary at edge of Koolau Rd. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Kelsey Brock 844 Kauai PTBG 6/3/2016
8 Swietenia macrophylla King koloa, ntbg, mcbryde garden, big valley, w bank, lawai stream, near stillwater dam PRESERVED_SPECIMEN lorence, d.h. collector number: 8805 Kauai BISH 11/7/2001
9 Swietenia macrophylla King Lawai Valley. National Tropical Botanical Garden, McBryde Garden, Big Valley along west bank of Lawai Stream near Stillwater Dam. Cultivated plants. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN David H. Lorence 8806 Kauai PTBG 11/7/2001
10 Swietenia macrophylla King W. Maui, Honolua. In unnamed gulch between Honolua Valley and Kahauiki Gulch. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hank Oppenheimer H60159 Maui PTBG 6/27/2001
11 Swietenia macrophylla King kawaiiki stream in kawailoa above haleiwa PRESERVED_SPECIMEN woodward, l. collector number: s.n. Oahu BISH 7/3/1994
12 Swietenia macrophylla King Kawaiiki Stream above Haleiwa PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Woodward, L. s.n. Oahu BISH 7/3/1994
13 Swietenia macrophylla King W Maui, A gulch on the E wall of Honokohau Valley, Site is within 1/2 mile of an area of known historic cultivation of this taxa Alien dominated forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Meidell, J.S. 201 Maui BISH 7/5/1997
14 Swietenia macrophylla King National Tropical Botanical Garden in Lawai Valley, McBryde Garden, Big Valley Big Valley, just north of Stillwater Dam. Cultivated PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Lorence, D.H. 10336 Kauai BISH 7/2/2012
15 Swietenia macrophylla King Koloa, NTBG, McBryde Garden, Big Valley, W bank, Lawai Stream, near Stillwater Dam PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Lorence, D.H. 8805 Kauai BISH 11/7/2001
16 Swietenia macrophylla King Kawaiiki Stream in Kawailoa above Haleiwa PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Woodward, L. s.n. Oahu BISH 7/3/1994
17 Swietenia macrophylla King w maui, e wal of honokohau valley Alien dominated forest in a gulch. Site is within a half mile of an area of known historic cultivation of this taxa. It is apparent from the presence of all size classes of plants and the geographic range they occupy that it ahs naturalized and is spreading. Hundreds of vigorous plants observed. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN meidell, j.s. oppenheimer, h.l. collector number: 201 Maui BISH 5/5/1997
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