Family:
Meliaceae
Synonym: Swietenia mahagoni var. praecociflora Hemsl.
Vernacular
name:
Mahagony
Habit:
Tree
Habitat:
Grown as avenue tree
Distribution:
Native of West Indies and Central
America
Flowering
& Fruiting: April-November
Key identification features: The
leaves are alternate, shaped like oblong-lanceolate. The flowers have five
cream-yellow petals that are obovate and hooded.. Within the flower, there are
ten included anthers, which alternate with the lobes. The fruit is oblong,
forming capsules.
Uses:
Traditionally it used for malaria,
hypertension, diabetes and diarrhea, as antipyretic, as bitter tonic and
astringent
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