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West Indian Mahogany, Swietenia mahagoni, is among the most common Florida native trees used in landscaping, and for good reason. It provides plenty of shade, requires little in the way of care and, most importantly in Hurricane Alley, it is wind-resistant.
19 sie 2021 · General Information. Scientific name: Swietenia mahagoni. Pronunciation: swee-TEEN-ee-uh mah-HAH-go-nye. Common name (s): Mahogany, West Indies mahogany. Family: Meliaceae. USDA hardiness zones: 10B through 11 (Figure 2) Origin: native to South Florida, Bahamas, and the western Caribbean. UF/IFAS Invasive Assessment Status: Native.
One of south Florida’s most popular street or yard trees, Swietenia mahagoni (West Indian Mahogany) is a large, semi-evergreen tree, with a dense, rounded canopy of compound deep green leaves with 4-8 leaflets.
West Indian mahogany is native to southern Florida, and is protected by state, federal and international conservation laws. The species is nationally protected both in Cuba and the Dominican Republic.
Host plant for mahogony mistletoe,Phoradendron rubrum, which is listed as Endangered by the Florida FDAS. There are reports that this tree is becoming invasive in southern Florida in some areas beyond its natural range.
This large, semievergreen tree forms a loose, rounded canopy and casts light, dappled shade, suitable for maintaining a lawn beneath (Fig. 1). It is one of south Florida’s popular landscape and street trees. Mahogany can reach 75 feet in height with a 50-foot-spread but is more often seen at 40 to 50 feet tall and wide. The dense, strong wood ...
WEST INDIAN MAHOGANY. Plant Notes: Commonly planted and naturalized, in Florida this species is primarily native only to the northern Keys and southern hammocks of the Everglades (Little 1978; Morton 1987). Elsewhere it is thought to be native to the Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, and Jamaica (Pennington et al. 1981).
