Project Meliaceae
Species: Swietenia mahagoni
This web site is a continually evolving and
ongoing project. Its purpose is to improve communication among
all groups and individuals that are involved with these species.
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Information on Swietenia mahagoni
Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN)
http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?35956
Link verified 2 June 2004
Species description
http://international.fws.gov/animals/swiemaha.html
Link verified 2 June 2004
Description Swietenia mahagoni (CATIE)
http://www.dfsc.dk/pdf/Seedleaflets/Swietenia%20mahagoni_int.pdf
Link verified 2 June 2004
Swietenia mahagoni
La Flor Nacional de la República Dominicana
Pictures and information in Spanish
http://marcano.freeservers.com/nature/flor.html
Link verified 2 June 2004
Swietenia mahagoni
Article in Spanish by John Francis
US Forest Sevice
http://www.fs.fed.us/global/iitf/Swieteniamahagoni.pdf
Link verified 2 June 2004
Information on Swietenia mahagoni
Horticopia® Plant Information
http://www.hortpix.com/pc4133.htm
Link verified 2 June 2004
Description of Swietenia mahagoni
Fact sheet ST 608 1984
Edward F. Gilman and Dennis G. Watson
http://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/trees/SWIMAHA.pdf
Link verified 2 June 2004
Swietenia mahagoni
Information sheet in Spanish
University of Cordova Botanical Garden
http://www.uco.es/jardin-botanico/cd1/Maderas%20CITES/swimaha.htm
Link verified 2 June 2004
Species description Swietenia mahagoni
Biology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA
http://www.biol.andrews.edu/everglades/organisms/plants/trees/mahogany/mahogany_index.htm
Link verified 2 June 2004
Description of Swietenia mahagoni, especially the wood
(Spanish)
Especies maderables CITES
Jardín Botánico de Córdoba (España)
por Dr. Miguel A. Vales, Prof. Dr. Margarita Clemente Muñoz, Dr.
Luis García Esteban
http://www.uco.es/jardin-botanico/cd1/Maderas%20CITES/swimaha.htm
Link verified 2 June 2004
Cuban mahogany
Wood characteristics
Maderas, Inc.
http://www.maderas.ca/cuban_mahogany.htm
Link verified 2 June 2004
Swietenia mahagoni
Species description by John Francis
http://216.109.117.135/search/cache?p=swietenia+mahagoni&ei=UTF-8&b=21&url=lj7gx0lH3oEJ:wpsm.net/Swietenia.pdf
link dead
Swietenia mahagoni
Meliaceae accessions
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Conservatory
University of Connecticut
http://florawww.eeb.uconn.edu/acc_num/200100046.html
Link verified 2 June 2004
Swietenia mahagoni
Species information sheet by Edward F. Gilman and Dennis G. Watson
University of Florida Cooperative Extension Service
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ST608
Link verified 2 June 2004
Swietenia mahagoni
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, International Affairs
http://international.fws.gov/animals/swiemaha.html
Link verified 2 June 2004
Swietenia mahagoni
Hortocopeia Professional Library
http://www.hortpix.com/pc4134.htm
Link verified 2 June 2004
Swietenia mahagoni
Fact sheet
Wholesale Nursery Growers' Plant Listings
http://www.growit.com/bin/PltInfo1.exe?MyPlant=851
Link dead
Oil content of Swietenia mahagoni seeds
http://www.actahort.org/books/333/333_35.htm
Link verified 2 June 2004
Swietenia mahagoni as host for the Diaprepes root weevil
University of Florida Extension
Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/IN/IN11900.pdf
Link verified 2 June 2004
Photographs tree, flower, and fruits (open and closed) of Swietenia
mahagoni
Dr. Gerald (Gerry) Carr
University of Hawaii at Manoa
http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/carr/meli.htm
Link verified 2 June 2004
Photograph of fruits of Swietenia mahagoni
Nomenclature Database
Tropicos
Missouri Botanical Garden
http://mobot.mobot.org/cgi-bin/search_vast?onda=N20400599
Link verified 2 June 2004
Photographs of fruits and flowers of Swietenia mahagoni
dmoz open directory project
http://dmoz.org/Science/Biology/Flora_and_Fauna/Plantae/Magnoliophyta/Magnoliopsida/Meliaceae/Swietenia/
Link verified 2 June 2004
Occurrence of Swietenia mahagoni in Caribbean hotspot
of biodiversity
Conservation International
http://www.biodiversityhotspots.org/xp/Hotspots/caribbean/?showpage=Biodiversity
Link verified 2 June 2004