Swietenia macrophylla

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image_caption = Leaves in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
status = VU
status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
unranked_ordo = Rosids
ordo = Sapindales
familia = Meliaceae
genus = "Swietenia"
species = "S. macrophylla"
binomial = "Swietenia macrophylla"
binomial_authority = King|

"Swietenia macrophylla" (also called Big Leaf Mahogany, Big-leaf Mahogany, Bigleaf Mahogany, Brazilian Mahogany, Honduras Mahogany, Large-leaved Mahogany, or Sky fruit) is a species of plant in the Meliaceae family. It is found in Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Venezuela. It is threatened by habitat loss.

ource

* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/32293/all "Swietenia macrophylla"] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 23 August 2007.
* [http://www.dfsc.dk/pdf/Seedleaflets/Swietenia%20macrophylla_int.pdf DANIDA factsheet: "Swietenia macrophylla" (pdf file)]

Sky fruit or Tunjuk Langit in malay.

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