Base de datos de plantas del FNPS
Swietenia mahagoni
Nomenclatura
Nombre común:
Sinónimo(s):
Especie del género:
Familia:
Meliaceae
Especificaciones de la planta
Forma:
Tamaño:
Esperanza de vida:
Long-lived perennial
Color de la flor:
Color de la fruta:
Fenología:
Destacado por:
Paisajismo
Usos recomendados:
Consideraciones:
Disponibilidad:
Propagación:
Luz:
Tolerancia a la humedad:
Siempre inundado---------------------------------Extremadamente seco
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Somewhat moist, no flooding -a- Short very dry periods
Tolerancia a inundaciones por agua salada:
Unknown
Tolerancia a la niebla salina/suelo salado:
Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
Suelo u otro sustrato:
Sand, Clay, Loam, Lime Rock
pH del suelo:
Apto para cultivo en:
10A,10B,11
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Acreditado en:
Ecología
Fauna:
Attracts a diverse community of small butterflies and moths. Many species of ants, thrips, small beetles, flies, bees, and wasps also visit flowers, many of these feeding on the basal nectary.
Hábitats nativos:
Comentarios:
Etnobotánica:
Comentarios generales:
Citas:
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Haehle, Robert G. and Joan Brookwell. (1999). Native Florida Plants. Gulf Publishing Company. Houston, TX.
Nelson, Gil. (2003). Florida's Best Landscape Plants: 200 Readily Available Species for Homeowners and Professionals. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
Norghauer, J.M., A.R. Martin, E.E. Mycroft, A. James, and S.C. Thomas. (2011). Island invasion by a threatened tree species: evidence for natural enemy release of mahogany ( Swietenia macrophylla ) on Dominica, Lesser Antilles. PloS one, 6(4), e18790. ( https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018790 ). Accessed 2026.
Osorio, Rufino. (2001). A Gardener's Guide to Florida's Native Plants. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
Plants for a Future (Undated). Swietenia mahagoni Mahogany. ( https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Swietenia+mahagoni ). Accessed 2026. Plants for a Future, Exeter, Devon, UK.
UF/IFAS Center for Land Use Efficiency. (Undated). Mahogany. ( https://gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu/plants/trees-and-shrubs/trees/mahogany/ ). Accessed 2026. Center for Land Use Efficiency, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
Watkins, John, and Thomas Sheehan. (1975). Florida Landscape Plants, Native and Exotic. University Presses of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. (1999+). Atlas of Florida Plants. ( https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ). [S. M. Landry and K. N. Campbell (application development), USF Water Institute.] Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.
