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- Mahogany abstract "Mahogany is a kind of wood—the straight-grained, reddish-brown timber of three tropical hardwood species of the genus Swietenia, part of the chinaberry family, Meliaceae, indigenous to the Americas. The three species are:Honduran or big-leaf mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla), with a range from Mexico to southern Amazonia in Brazil, the most widespread species of mahogany and the only true mahogany species commercially grown today. Illegal logging of S. macrophylla, and its highly destructive environmental effects, led to the species' placement in 2003 on Appendix II of Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITIES), the first time that a high-volume, high-value tree was listed on Appendix II.West Indian or Cuban mahogany (Swietenia mahagoni), native to southern Florida and the Caribbean, formerly dominant in the mahogany trade, but not in widespread commercial use since World War II. Swietenia humilis, a small and often twisted mahogany tree limited to seasonally dry forests in Pacific Central America that is of limited commercial utility. Some botanists believe that S. humilis is a mere variant of S. macrophylla.While the three Swietenia species are the "true mahogany" trees, other Meliaceae species used for timber with similar characteristics are also described as mahogany, including the African mahoganies of the genera Khaya and Entandrophragma; New Zealand mahogany or kohekohe (Dysoxylum spectabile); Chinese mahogany, Toona sinensis; Indonesian mahogany or Vietnamese mahogany, Toona sureni; and the Indian mahogany, Toona ciliata. Some members of the genus Shorea (meranti or lauan) of the family Dipterocarpaceae are also sometimes sold as the Philippine mahogany, although the name is more properly applied to another species of Meliaceae, Toona calantas.Mahogany is a commercially important lumber prized for its beauty, durability, and color, and used for paneling and to make furniture, boats, musical instruments and other items. The leading importer of mahogany is the United States, followed by Britain; while the largest exporter today is Peru, which surpassed Brazil after that country banned mahogany exports in 2001. It is estimated that some 80 or 90 percent of Peruvian mahogany exported to the United States is illegally harvested, with the economic cost of illegal logging in Peru placed conservatively at $US40-70 million annually. It was estimated that in 2000, some 57,000 mahogany trees were harvested to supply the U.S. furniture trade alone.Mahogany is the national tree of the Dominican Republic and Belize. A mahogany tree with two woodcutters bearing an axe and a paddle also appears on the Belizean national coat of arms, under the national motto, Sub umbra floreo, Latin for "under the shade I flourish."".
- Mahogany thumbnail Swietenia_macrophylla_wood.jpg?width=300.
- Mahogany wikiPageID "44928".
- Mahogany wikiPageRevisionID "604509145".
- Mahogany hasPhotoCollection Mahogany.
- Mahogany subject Category:Antiques.
- Mahogany subject Category:Forestry_in_Asia.
- Mahogany subject Category:Forestry_in_Central_America.
- Mahogany subject Category:Furniture.
- Mahogany subject Category:History_of_forestry.
- Mahogany subject Category:Plant_common_names.
- Mahogany subject Category:Swietenia.
- Mahogany subject Category:Wood.
- Mahogany comment "Mahogany is a kind of wood—the straight-grained, reddish-brown timber of three tropical hardwood species of the genus Swietenia, part of the chinaberry family, Meliaceae, indigenous to the Americas. The three species are:Honduran or big-leaf mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla), with a range from Mexico to southern Amazonia in Brazil, the most widespread species of mahogany and the only true mahogany species commercially grown today. Illegal logging of S.".
- Mahogany label "Acajou".
- Mahogany label "Caoba".
- Mahogany label "Mahogany".
- Mahogany label "Mahonie (hout)".
- Mahogany label "Mahoń".
- Mahogany label "Mogano (legno)".
- Mahogany label "Махагони".
- Mahogany label "ماهوجني".
- Mahogany label "マホガニー".
- Mahogany label "桃花心木".
- Mahogany sameAs Mahagon.
- Mahogany sameAs Caoba.
- Mahogany sameAs Kaoba.
- Mahogany sameAs Acajou.
- Mahogany sameAs Mogano_(legno).
- Mahogany sameAs マホガニー.
- Mahogany sameAs 마호가니.
- Mahogany sameAs Mahonie_(hout).
- Mahogany sameAs Mahoń.
- Mahogany sameAs m.0c7cd.
- Mahogany sameAs Q239788.
- Mahogany sameAs Q239788.
- Mahogany wasDerivedFrom Mahogany?oldid=604509145.
- Mahogany depiction Swietenia_macrophylla_wood.jpg.
- Mahogany isPrimaryTopicOf Mahogany.