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:
This is the original source of commercial mahogany, now replaced by Honduras mahogany (S. macrophylla). It was heavily logged in South Florida prior to the 1900s.
Comentarios generales:
Listed as Threatened by the Florida FDACS.
Host plant for mahogony mistletoe,Phoradendron rubrum, which is listed as Endangered by the Florida FDAS.
There are reports that this tree is becoming invasive in southern Florida in some areas beyond its natural range.
Citas:
Hurricane: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3076449/ (hurricane tolerance)
http://hort.ufl.edu/database/documents/pdf/tree_fact_sheets/swimaha.pdf
https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Swietenia+mahagoni#:~:text=The plant is self-fertile,cannot grow in the shade.
Haehle, Robert G. and Joan Brookwell. 1999. Native Florida Plants. Gulf Publishing Company. Houston, TX.
Institute for Regional Conservation. Accessed 2021. Natives for Your Neighborhood. https://regionalconservation.org/beta/nfyn/plantdetail.asp?tx=Swiemaha.
Nelson, Gil. 2003. Florida's Best Landscape Plants. Association of Florida Native Nurseries.
Osorio, Rufino. 2001. A gardener's guide to Florida's native plants. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
Watkins, John and Thomas Sheehan. 1975. Florida Landscape Plants, Native and Exotic. University Presses of Florida, Gainesville. (light, soil, salt)
Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. 2021. Atlas of Florida Plants ( https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ). Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.






