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    Overview

    The genus was introduced into several Asian countries as a replacement source of mahogany timber around the time it was restricted in its native locations in the late 1990s. Trade in Asian grown plantation mahogany … See more

    Mahogany Tree Seedlings (Swietenia mahogani)
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    Mahogany Tree Seedlings (Swietenia mahogani)
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    Uses

    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. These days almos… See more

    Conservation

    All species of Swietenia are CITES-listed. Swietenia timber that crosses a border needs its paperwork in order. International environmental organizations such as Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, and Rainforest … See more

    Further reading

    • "Seed Leaflet: Swietenia humilis" (PDF). DFSC.dk. Danida Forest Seed Centre. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-09-21.
    • "Seed Leaflet: Swietenia macrophylla" (PDF). DFSC.dk. Danida Forest See… See more

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