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Learn how to grow and care for a mahogany tree, a native of South Florida that produces large seed pods and reddish hardwood. Find out about its size, shape, salt tolerance, and endangered status.
One of South Florida’s most popular landscape and street trees, mahogany is fast-growing and large, generally reaching a height between 40 and 60 feet with a canopy that spreads about 50 feet wide. While it has been known to reach 75 feet tall, this is far less common.
19 sie 2021 · Learn about the native tree species Swietenia mahagoni, also known as mahogany, in Florida. Find out its characteristics, uses, culture, pests, and propagation.
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, 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.
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 ...
The mahogany tree (Swietenia mahagoni) belongs in the family Meliaceae and is native to southern Florida. It is hardy in U.S. planting zones 10 & 11. This attractive, tropical tree is popular in landscapes throughout South Florida and is suitable as a large shade tree or a screen.
