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Taxon:
Swietenia humilis
Zucc.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Swietenia
Family:
Meliaceae
Nomen number:
35954
Place of publication:
Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 2:355, t. 7a-b. 1837
Verified:
02/28/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images
Conservation Status
CITES.
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.cites.org/eng/app/appendices.shtml
Reference(s)
CITES.
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.cites.org/eng/app/appendices.shtml
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Pennington, T. D.
1981. Meliaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 28:391.
URL:
http://www.nybg.org/botany/ofn/
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Common names
English
Pacific Coast mahogany –
Reference(s)
Pacific mahogany –
Reference(s)
Spanish
caoba –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Northern America
Mexico
w. & s.
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Costa Rica
n.w.
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
El Salvador
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Guatemala
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Honduras
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Nicaragua
w.
Native
Northern America
REGION:
Mexico
(w. & s.)
Southern America
CENTRAL AMERICA:
Costa Rica
(n.w.),
Guatemala
,
Honduras
,
Nicaragua
(w.),
El Salvador
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Materials
potential as wood
Pennington, T. D.
1981. Meliaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 28:391.
URL:
http://www.nybg.org/botany/ofn/
Medicines
folklore
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Name
References