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Swietenia mahagoni (L.) Jacq.

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

Further information

COL
Wikipedia
Cites
FSC
Hough

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

American Mahogany

Hough

American Mahogany

SWMC , rift , ©Bollinger Furniere

American Mahogany

Swietenia mahagoni , ©Dennis Wilson

Bark

American Mahogany

SWMC , Bark , ©Dennis Wilson