| Scientific Name | Swietenia macrophylla King |
| Trade Name | Mahogany |
| Local Name | Mahogany |
| Family | Meliaceae |
| Tree Size | Medium |
| Tree Height ( m ) | 12 - 18 |
| Tree Diameter ( cm ) | 80 - 130 |
| Tree Distribution | An exotic from tropical American regions widely cultivated as an avenue tree |
| Sapwood-Heartwood Distinction | Distinct |
| Sapwood Colour | Pale reddish |
| Heartwood Colour | Reddish brown |
| Hardness | Moderately hard |
| Specific Gravity Based on Weight Over-dry and Volume Green | 0.68 |
| Weight | Moderately heavy |
| Weight(Kg)/cubic meter at 12% Moisture Content | 773 |
| Texture | Fine to medium coarse textured |
| Grain | Straight grain |
| Growth Rings | Distinct |
| Porosity | Diffuse porous |
| Vessel Size | Medium sized |
| Vessel Arrangement | Solitary and in radial multiples of two to three,rarely in clusters |
| Vessel Diameter | 130 - 205 170 |
| Vessel Element Lenght | 340 - 580 580 |
| Perforation | Simple |
| Pit Outline | Polygonal |
| Pit Size | Small ( 5-7 µm),vestured |
| Vessel Ray Pitting | Alternate and polygonal and occurs throughout the ray cell |
| Ray Nature | Fine to moderately broad, few and widely spaced |
| Ray Arrangement/Type | One to three seriate with heterogeneous type lll. Body of uniseriate rays wholly made up of squre cells or upright cells |
| Ray Number | 4 - 7 |
| Ray Height | 270 - 615 410 |
| Fibre Walls | Thin walled,septate with minute pits on the radial walls |
| Fiber Length | |
| Modulus of Rupture in kg/cm2 (Green) | |
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| Modulus of Rupture kg/cm2 (Dry) | |
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| Uses | Constructional purposes and furniture making, boards & panels, boats & ship building, aircraft plywood, planking and printing blocks |
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