Plant knowledge
Mahogany
Swietenia mahagoni
মেহগনি
- Family
- Meliaceae
- Origin
- Tropical Americas
- Native status
- introduced
- Habit
- tree
- Mature height
- 20–30 m
- Mature spread
- Avenue and plantation canopy
- Climate
- Tropical lowlands
- Light
- full sun
- Water
- moderate
- Soil
- Deep soils; avoid waterlogged pits
- Growth
- Moderate
- Flowering
- Inconspicuous
- Fruiting
- Woody capsules; not a food crop
Uses
- Avenue planting
- Industrial plantation
- Campus shade
Care
- Needs space, staking when young, and a wet-season start.
Landscape uses
- Roads
- Factory belts
- Institutional grounds
Canopy tree in mixed plantings; not a native woodland substitute.
Environmental benefits
- Shade
- Long-lived timber form