Trees & Plants

Big-leaf mahogany of

Dharu gas

Swietenia macrophylla King

Planted in some of the islands The quality wood has a wide variety of uses. The plant extracts are known to have antibacterial and antifungal activities. The seed has significant anti-diabetic property. Th reat: An invasive tree in some countries or of Southeast Asia. It is a ser

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uses: The quality wood has a wide variety of uses. The plant extracts are known to have antibacterial and antifungal activities. The seed has significant anti-diabetic property. Th reat: An invasive tree in some countries or of Southeast Asia. It is a serious invader in the natural forests in the Philippines.
family: Meliaceae
synonym: Swietenia belizensis Lundell, Swietenia candollei Pittier
description: Deciduous trees, to 25 m high; bark brown. Leaves paripinnate, alternate, estipulate; rachis 5-13 cm long; leaflets 4-10, opposite or subopposite; petiolule 3-4 mm × long; lamina 5.5-12 2.5-4.5 cm, obliquely Th ovate-lanceolate, oblong-lanceolate or of falcate; base oblique, apex acuminate, shining above, coriaceous; lateral nerves 7-12 pairs, pinnate, prominent, intercostae reticulate. Flowers pale yellow, to 8 mm across, in axillary panicles to 10 cm. Calyx lobes 5, suborbicular. Petals 5, to 4 mm, oblong. Disc annular. Staminal tube 3.5-4 mm, apically 10-lobed; stamens 10. Ovary superior, 5-celled, ovules many; stigma × some what lobed. Fruit a capsule, 8.5 6.5 cm, oblong-globose, 5-valved, woody, rusty out side; seeds many, to 6 cm, winged.
native range: Central America
distribution: In its native range and in several countries in the Asia-Pacific where it was introduced
english names: Big-leaf mahogany of
flowering fruiting: April – March
occurrence maldives: Planted in some of the islands