The most important ecological characteristic that distinguishes s. It was heavily logged in south florida prior to the 1900s and is listed as threatened in florida. The united states proposed to revise the listing to exclude a nonnative populations in the old world and b wood from trees not in the native range, if transformed beyond the first stage. This timber tree is mainly cultivated in tropical zones such as india, malaysia and southern china. It occurs naturally in climates with annual rainfall of only 580800 mm. After that the dried seeds were powdered in apothecary pharmacy department of institute of post.
An excellent, if rather terse, guide to the traditional medicinal uses of the plants of the region it is taken orally as a decoction for diarrhoea and dysentery, as a source of vitamins and iron, and as a medicine to induce haemorrhage. This file is licensed under the creative commons attribution 2. Combining the strip plot technique and the idea of dividing the forest into. Mahogany university of florida, institute of food and. Flowering phenology and its implications for management of bigleaf. Blue mahoe and swietenia mahagoni mahagony forest plantations located at perseverance over approximately 5 hectares. Phytochemical and antimicrobial activity of swietenia. Watson2 introduction this large, semievergreen tree forms a loose, rounded canopy and casts light, dappled shade, suitable for maintaining a lawn beneath fig. Pdf in vitro antioxidant and xanthine oxidase inhibitory. Mahogany trees that are planted along streets or in medians, or even in private landscapes, form. Provided by smithsonian institution, department of botany.
The atlas of florida plants provides a source of information for the distribution of plants within the state and taxonomic information. West indian mahogany, swietenia mahagoni, by nature of its scientific name is most appropriately called mahogany. Meliaceae is a large, deciduous, and economically important timber tree native to the west indies. Ang swietenia mahagoni sakop sa kahenera nga swietenia sa kabanay nga meliaceae. Commonly planted and naturalized, in florida this species is primarily. The plant is commonly known as mahogany and deciduous in nature. Pests some insects can cause significant problems such as the tent. Pdf swietenia mahagoni seed oil contains common unsaturated fatty acids such as oleic 25. The leaflets of each large leaf are arranged like a.
Review article the recent use of swietenia mahagoni l. Indonesia and fiji, and has been introduced into cultivation in west africa. Combining results from uncaged and nongap forest understory treatments, 35. Swietenia macrophylla contained various chemical compounds. Propagation containers modify root systems, which affect postplanting anchorage in reforestation efforts, but little is known. Root system morphology influences lateral stability of. The seed of swietenia mahagoni were purchased from the shops of local markets of kolkata and were identified by experienced ayurvedic physicians. Pests of the mahogany tree spreading to a staggering 60foot spread, the mahogany tree swietenia mahagoni offers significant shading for entertaining in your backyard. Swietenia macrophyllax mahogani is not yet abundant enough to be considered a commercial species.
Plants profile for swietenia mahagoni west indian mahogany. It is a tall evergreen tree with hard wood that turns reddish brown at maturity. There were several trees three feet in diameter at the usda research station south of miami prior to hurricane andrew. In vitro antioxidant and xanthine oxidase inhibitory. We measure the fl owering phenology of bigleaf mahogany swietenia macrophylla, meliaceae, a widely. The annual diameter measurements four years of 75 bigleaf mahogany swietenia macrophylla trees in natural forests in northwestern belize. Mahogany, any of several tropical hardwood timber trees, especially certain species in the family meliaceae. Pdf effect of ethanolic extract of swietenia mahagoni. In vitro antioxidant and xanthine oxidase inhibitory activities of methanolic swietenia mahagoni seed extracts. We combine this information with data on population structure and spatial distribution to consider the. The genus is famed as the supplier of mahogany, at first yielded by swietenia mahagoni, a caribbean species, which was so extensively used locally and exported that its trade ended by the 1950s. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext.
Swietenia mahagoni mahogany environmental horticulture. Swietenia mahagoni, commonly known as american mahogany, cuban mahogany, smallleaved mahogany, and west indian mahogany, is a species of swietenia native to southern florida in the united states and islands in the caribbean including the bahamas, cuba, barbados, jamaica, dominican republic and haiti. These days almost all mahogany is yielded by the mainland species, swietenia macrophylla although no longer from its native locations due to the restrictions set by cites see following. Assessment of allelopathic activity of swietenia mahagoni. It is one of south floridas popular landscape and street trees. Mahogany listing history united states fish and wildlife. Tanaman mahoni banyak ditanam di pinggir jalan atau di lingkungan rumah dan.
Because the ranges of the parent species did not merge, hybrids did not occur before the mahoganies were widely planted. Small numbers 726 part iispecies descriptions swietenia macrophylla x mahogani of trees are cut in puerto rico, and the wood is mixed and sold with other mahoganies to use in making furniture, cabinetry. Growth habit this is an upright tree with a rounded, symmetrical crown of medium density. In south florida, this is the only host of the critically imperiled mahogany mistletoe phoradendron rubrum. It is one of three species that yields genuine mahogany timber, the others being swietenia mahagoni and swietenia humilis. One such is swietenia mahagoni, from tropical america. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that. This tree is mainly cultivated at tropical zones, such as india, malaysia, and southern china.
Seeds of swietenia mahagoni were dried in the sunlight and outer coverings were removed. Swietenia macrophylla in southeastern amazonia, brazil, and implications. Swietenia macrophylla, commonly known as bigleaf mahogany, is a species of plant in the meliaceae family. The seeds have also been reported to have therapeutic value for treatment of cancer, amoebiasis, coughs, chest pains and intestinal parasitism. It is a valuable species closely related to the african genus khaya and the source of one of the most popular traditional medicines in africa.
A downloadable pdf document of a book in prepublication awaiting illustration. This is the original source of commercial mahogany, now replaced by honduras mahogany s. Mahogany swietenia mahagoni casts a light, dappled shade on the ground below, making it a great shade tree for landscapes with enough room for it to thrive. Ecology and management of mahogany swietenia macrophylla king. Swietenia mahagoni, commonly called mahogany or west indies mahogany, is an evergreen tree with a dense, domeshaped, rounded but sometimes spreading crown. The numbering codes used combine the health of the tree with the state of its trunk. It was brought into some asian countries to bolivia from caribbean, mexico and southern to central america. The species is also known under other common names, including broadleaved mahogany, brazilian mahogany. Pdf most of the medicinal agents are originated from nature and considered as a rich. Effect of ethanolic extract of swietenia mahagoni seeds on experimentally induced diabetes mellitus in rats.
Growth of bigleaf mahogany swietenia macrophylla in natural forests in belize. Swietenia mahagoni belongs to meliaceae family, native to west indies. Swietenia macrophylla is a taller tree with a dominant, straight trunk which could be grown in florida and used along the streets. The website also provides access to a database and images of herbarium specimens found at the university of south florida and other herbaria.
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