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Mahagoni

Local Name	:	Mahagoni
Botanical Name	:	Swietenia macrophylla King
Common Name	:	Mahagoni
Family	:	Meliaceae
Distribution	:	The species is native to tropical America. The distribution in India of this species is recorded from Eastern and Western Ghats including Odisha. However, it is also cultivated in the tropics.
Habit	:	Tree
Short Description	:	is a large evergreen tree native to tropical America. It features broad, leathery leaves and small, fragrant flowers.

Descriptions

It is a large tree with brown bark. Leaflets lanceolate or ovate lanceolate, acuminate. Flowers greenish, sweet scented, in supra-axillary panicles. Fruit capsule, inverted and club shape.

Flowering & Fruiting Period

Flowering in April & fruit after one year

Use(s)

The plant is used for various therapeutic purposes for diabetes, diarrhea, fever, etc.