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Swietenia Jacq., Enum. Pl. Carib. 4. 1760. Roxb., Fl. Ind. 370. 1832; Bailey, Stand. Cyclop. Hort. 6:3292.1917.
Mahagoni Adans
Trees. Leaves compound, pinnate; leaflets opposite, oblique. Flowers in anxillary or sub-terminal panicles. Calyx 4-6-partite. Petals 4-6, free. Sta¬mens 10; filaments united into a tube. Disc annular. Ovary ovoid, 3-5-locular; ovules many in each locule. Capsule 3-5-locular. Seeds winged.
A genus of 7 or 8 species, mostly tropical in America and the W. Indies. Some are cultivated. Represented in W. Pakistan by 2 cultivated species.
Lower Taxa
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