Swietenia mahagoni (L.) Jacq.

Swietenia mahagoni (L.) Tacq. Enum. PI
Carib. 20. 1760.
Cedrela Mahagoni L. Syst. ed. 10. 940. 1759.
Cedrus Mahogoni Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. 8. Cedrus no. 2. 1768.
Swietenia fabrilis Salisb. Prodr. 317. 1796.
Swietenia acutifolia Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 479. 1812.
A medium-sized or large forest tree with dark reddish-brown bark; leaves 1-3 dm. long; leaflets 4—10, ovate-lanceolate to ovate, 2.5-7 cm. long, 1.3-3.5 cm. broad, strongly inequilateral and slightly revolute at the base, sometimes nearly straight on the lower edge, acuminate at the apex, petioluled, reticulate-veined, entire, coriaceous, glabrous; panicles 6-15 cm. long; calyx 2 mm. broad, the lobes semiorbicular, rounded at the apex, minutely denticulate; corolla 8-9 mm. broad; petals oblong-obovate or obovate, 3-4 mm. long, 1.8-2.5 mm. broad; teeth of the staminal tube acuminate above the middle; ovary sessile in a cup-shaped disk; capsule ovoid, 6-10 cm. long, 4-6 cm. broad, rarely larger, rounded at the apex, long-gstalked ; seeds 5-6 cm. long, the reddish-brown wing about twice as long as the body.
Type locality: Bahama Islands.
Distribution: West Indies; southern Florida.