Swietenia macrophylla King (code: SWIEMACR)
mahogany (en), big-leaved mahogany (en)
- Family: Meliaceae
- Wikipedia: LINK
- Uses: timber
- Morphology: Leaves alternate. Young plants have simple leaves, with long petiole and swollen 'knee', older plants transition through a brief imparipinnate phase, soon becoming paripinnate. Secondary veins deeply sunken above (cf. CEDRODOR), and curving more rapidly in their distal third than CEDRODOR.
- Morphotype notes: Identity of common saplings in MACAO confirmed by Maria C. on 2021-11-16. See simple leaved seedlings in iNat obs 105493254 and 98757847.
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