Swietenia mahagoni
American Mahogany
Other names
| International recognized trade name (ATIBT) | Mahogany | |
| Deutsch | Amerikanisches Mahagoni | |
| English | American Mahogany | |
| Français | acajou d'Amérique | |
| Italiano | Amerikanisches Mahagoni | |
| Suomi | Amerikanisches Mahagoni | |
| Norsk | Amerikanisches Mahagoni | |
| Čeština | Amerikanisches Mahagoni | |
| Español | Amerikanisches Mahagoni | |
| Svenska | Amerikanisches Mahagoni | |
| Polski | Amerikanisches Mahagoni | |
| Український | Amerikanisches Mahagoni | |
| Român | Amerikanisches Mahagoni | |
| Русский | Amerikanisches Mahagoni | |
| Български | Amerikanisches Mahagoni | |
| EESTI | Amerikanisches Mahagoni | |
| 日本語 | Amerikanisches Mahagoni | |
| Other names | Caoba, Caobo |
Origin
| Geographic Regions | Central America; South America | |||
| States and Territories | USA (Florida); Bahamas; Cayman Isl.; Cuba; Hispaniola; Jamaica; Puerto Rico [c]; Virgin Isl. [c] (St. Croix [c]); Anguilla [c]; Antigua [c]; Barbados [c]; Barbuda [c]; Dominica [c]; Grenada [c]; Guadeloupe [c]; Martinique [c]; Montserrat [c]; Saba [c]; St. Barthélémy [c]; St. Eustatius [c]; St. Lucia [c]; St. Vincent [c]; Isla Margarita [c]; N-Brazil [c] (Pará [c]); Venezuela [c]; Trinidad [c]; Tobago [c]; Honduras [c]; Taiwan [c]; China [c] (Fujian [c], Guangdong [c], Guangxi [c], Hainan [c], Yunnan [c]); Java [c]; Philippines [c]; Lesser Sunda Isl. [c] (Flores [c], Sumbawa [c]); Peru [c]; tropical Africa [c]; Mozambique [c]; Fiji [c]; Fed. States of Micronesia [c] (Yap [c], Pohnpei [c]); Palau [c] (Koror [c]); Guam [c]; Mauritius [c]; La Réunion [c]; Andaman Isl. [c]; Nicobar Isl. [c]; India [c]; Myanmar [c]; Sri Lanka [c]; Vietnam [c]; Bangladesh [c]; Laos [c]; New Guinea [c] | |||
| [c] = Commercially cultivated | ||||
Botany
| Reich | Plantae | |||
| Tribe | Tracheophyta | |||
| Gymnosperm | Angiosperm | |||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | |||
| Order | Sapindales | |||
| Family | Meliaceae | |||
| Genus | Swietenia | |||
| Species | mahagoni | |||
| Author citation | (L.) Jacq. | |||
| Scientific name | Swietenia mahagoni (L.) Jacq. | |||
Habitus
| Wood type | Hardwood | |||
| Growth habit | Baum | |||
Natural durability
(according to EN 350)
| Mushrooms field | DC 2 | |||
| Beetle | D | |||
| Termites | S | |||
| Lithophagous molluscs | S | |||
Impregnability according to EN 350
| Impregnability of heartwood | 4 | |||
| Impregnability of the sapwood | 2-3 | |||
| Width of the sapwood | m | |||
Physical properties
| Density, air dry u =15%, lower limit | 500.00 | % | ||
| Density, air dry u =15%, upper limit | 600.00 | % | ||
Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)
| Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit | 700.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value | 720.00 | kg/m3 | ||
| Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit | 770.00 | kg/m3 | ||
Mechanical properties
| Compressive strength, mean value | 50.00 | N/mm2 | ||
| Tensile strength, mean | 0 | N/mm2 | ||
| Flexural strength, mean | 85.00 | N/mm2 | ||
| Young's modulus, mean | 9500.00 | N/mm2 | ||
Appearances
Wood
Hough
SWMC , rift , ©Bollinger Furniere
Swietenia mahagoni , ©Dennis Wilson
Bark
SWMC , Bark , ©Dennis Wilson