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<big>''[[Swietenia macrophylla]]'' King</big>
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:Protologue: Hook.f., Icon. pl. 16: t. 1550 (1886).
== Synonyms ==
*''Swietenia'' ''krukovii'' Gleason (1936), *''Swietenia'' ''belizensis'' Lundell (1941).
== Vernacular names ==
== Observations ==
*A medium-sized to large tree up to 40(-60) m tall, bole branchless for up to 18(-25) m with a diameter up to 150(-200) cm, buttresses broad and plank-like, up to 5 m high; leaves .*Leaves with (2-)3-6(-8) pairs of leaflets of (8-)9-13(-18) cm × 3-4(-5.5) cm, on young trees sometimes larger; inflorescence .*Inflorescence 10-18(-20) cm long; flowers .*Flowers with ciliate sepals and petals; capsule .*Capsule 10-15(-22) cm long; seed 7.5-12 cm long. The density of the wood of plantation-grown trees is often somewhat less than that of trees from the forest in the natural area of distribution and weighs 485-840 kg/m<sup>3</sup>at 12% moisture content. See also the table on wood properties.
== Selected sources ==
13, 35, 89, 127, 144, 153, 175, 226, 233, 310, 367, 439, 461, 463, 498, 520, 653, 654, 665, 687, 764, 770, 810.
== Main genus page ==
*[[Swietenia (PROSEA)|''Swietenia'']]
== Authors ==
*M.S.M. Sosef (selection of species)
[[Category:Timbers (PROSEA)]]
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