MULTILINGUAL MULTISCRIPT PLANT NAME DATABASE

Sorting Swietenia names




Species on this page ( A = names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms) :


Swietenia humilis Zucc.

SYNONYM(S) :  Swietenia bijuga Preuss. , Swietenia cirrhata S. F.Blake

CHINESE :  墨西哥桃花心木   Mo xi ge tao hua xin mu.

ENGLISH :  Pacific coast mahogany,  Pacific mahogany.

JAPANESE :   メキシコマホガニ－  Mekishiko mahoganii.

SPANISH :  Caoba, Caoba de Honduras, Caoba de la costa del Pacífico, Cóbano, Flor de venadillo, Gateado, Guayach, Mabu, Mova, Palo de zopilote,  Venadillo,  Zapatón, Zopilote.




Swietenia macrophylla King

SYNONYM(S) :  Swietenia belizensis Lundell, . Swietenia candollei Pittier,  Swietenia. krukovii Gleason, Swietenia tessmannii Harms

CHINESE :  大叶桃花心木    Da ye tao hua xin mu.

ENGLISH :  American mahogani, Baywood (GB), Bigleaf mahogany (USA), Broadleaf mahagony (USA), Honduras mahogany, Mahogany, Large-leaved mahogany.

FRENCH :   Acajou à feuille large, Acajou d'Amérique, Mahogany à grandes feuilles, Swiéténie.

GERMAN :  Amerikanisches Mahagoni, Echtes Mahagoni, Honduras-Mahagoni, Nicaragua-Mahagoni, Tabasco-Mahagoni.

JAPANESE :  オオバマホガニー  Ooba mahoganii.

PORTUGUESE :  Caóba  (Brazil), Mogno (Brazil).

SPANISH :  Aguano (Peru), Araputanga, Caoba (Central America), Caoba de Centro América, Caoba de hoja ancha , Caoba de Honduras, Caoba del Atlántico, Caoba del Sur , Cóbano, Crura (Bolivia), Gateado,  Mara  (Bolivia), Mara boliviana, Mogno, Mogu, Orura, Sapoton, Venadillo, Yulu (Nicaragua), Zapatón, Zopilote (Mexico).



Swietenia mahagoni (L.) Jacq.

SYNONYM(S) :   Cedrela mahagoni L.

CHINESE :   桃花心木   Tao hua xin mu.

ENGLISH :  American mahogany, Cuban mahogany, Jamaican mahagoni , Spanish mahogany, West Indian mahogany.

FRENCH :  Acajou d'Amérique, Acajou de Cuba, Acajou de Santo Domingo, Mahogany.

GERMAN :  Amerikanisches Mahagoni.

JAPANESE :   マホガニー  Mahoganii.

SPANISH :  Aguano, Caoba de Cuba, Caobilla, Chiculte, Coabillo, Cóbano, Gateado, Mogno, Orura.


Photograph of wood grain by Christian Rolland.

 


HOW TO CITE THIS PAGE / COLLECTION OF RECORDS

Porcher Michel H. et al. 1995 - 2020, Sorting Swietenia Names. Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database   (M.M.P.N.D)  - A Work in Progress. School of Agriculture and Food Systems. Faculty of Land & Food Resources. The University of Melbourne. Australia.
< http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Swietenia.html > (2005).

 

REFERENCES
General Bibliography
+
REFERENCES
Online
+
REFERENCES
Specific & complementary



CITES, 1975 - 2005, Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild fauna & Flora. Nombres comunes y científicos de las especies maderables incluidas en los Apéndices de la CITES / Noms vernaculaires et scientifiques des essences forestières inscrites aux annexes CITES.   < www.cites.org/fra/notif/1998/19.doc - 9 Jul 2005 > Homepage : < http://www.cites.org/ >.

Dallwitz, M. J., Paine, T. A., and Zurcher, E. J. 1993 onwards. ‘User’s Guide to the DELTA System: a General System for Processing Taxonomic Descriptions.’ 4th edition. http://biodiversity.uno.edu/delta/

Dallwitz, M. J., Paine, T. A., and Zurcher, E. J. 1995 onwards. ‘User’s Guide to Intkey: a Program for Interactive Identification and Information Retrieval.’ 1st edition. http://biodiversity.uno.edu/delta/

Dallwitz, M. J., Paine, T. A., and Zurcher, E. J. 1998. Interactive keys. In ‘Information Technology, Plant Pathology and Biodiversity’, pp. 201–212. (Eds P. Bridge, P. Jeffries, D. R. Morse, and P. R. Scott.) (CAB International: Wallingford.)

Richter H. G. &  Dallwitz M. J.  (2000 onwards). ‘Commercial timbers: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval. In English, French, German, and Spanish.’ Version: 4th May 2000. http://biodiversity.uno.edu/delta/.

Soerianegara, I. & R. H. M. J. Lemmens, eds. 1993. Timber trees: major commercial timbers. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). (Pl Res SEAs) 5(1):447.

USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxdump.pl?swietenia (10 July 2005). (GRIN)

Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference.




Contributors to this page (Personal communication) :  Awaiting feedback.

 


back to Gateway , to list of notes

Date created: 10 / 07 / 2005
Authorised by
Last modified: 11 / 07 / 2005
Access: No restriction
Copyright © 1995 - 2020, I.L.F.R. - The University of Melbourne.
Maintained by: Michel H. Porcher
Disclaimer