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Definition of Swietenia

Swietenia
Swietenia Swie*te"ni*a, n. [NL. Named after Gerard Van Sweiten, physician to Maria Theresa of Austria.] (Bot.) A genus of meliaceous trees consisting of one species (Sweitenia Mahogoni), the mahogany tree.

Meaning of Swietenia from wikipedia

- Swietenia is a genus of trees in the chinaberry family, Meliaceae. It occurs natively in the Neotropics, from southern Florida, the Caribbean, Mexico...
- species that yields genuine ****gany timber (Swietenia), the others being Swietenia mahagoni and Swietenia humilis. It is native to South America, Mexico...
- Chloroxylon swietenia , the Ceylon satinwood or East Indian satinwood, is a tropical hardwood, the sole species in the genus Chloroxylon (from the Gr****...
- Swietenia mahagoni, commonly known as American ****gany, Cuban ****gany, small-leaved ****gany, and West Indian ****gany, is a species of Swietenia native...
- reddish-brown timber of three tropical hardwood species of the genus Swietenia, indigenous to the Americas and part of the pantropical chinaberry family...
- Swietenia humilis is a species of tree in the family Meliaceae. It is one of three species in the genus Swietenia, all three of which are regarded as...
- Swietenia Puspa Lestari (born 23 December 1994) is an Indonesian underwater diver, environmental engineer and environmental activist. Lestari is a native...
- ****gany (Swietenia) West Indies ****gany (Swietenia mahagoni) Bigleaf ****gany (Swietenia macrophylla) Pacific Coast ****gany (Swietenia humilis) other...
- may also refer to: Three species in the genus Swietenia: Swietenia macrophylla Swietenia mahagoni Swietenia humilis Eastern Australian trees in the genus...
- first described by the German-Dutch botanist Carl Ludwig Blume in 1823 as Swietenia sureni. It was transferred to the genus Toona in 1917 by the American...