Plant Details

Accepted name:: Swietenia macrophylla King [Meliaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aguano	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
araputanga	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
big leaf mahogany	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
big-leaf mahogany	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
caoba	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
caóba	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cedro-í	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gaúbana	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
honduran mahogany	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
honduras mahogany	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
hondurasmahogny	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mahagani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mahagony	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mahogany	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
mara	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mogno	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mogno-brasileiro	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
peddakulamaghani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
unsubu	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
yulu	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
bark		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Swietenia belizensis Lundell Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 6: 36 (1941).
Swietenia candollei Pittier J. Washington Acad. Sci. 10: 33 (1920).
Swietenia krukovii Gleason Amer. J. Bot. 23: 21 (1936).
Swietenia macrophylla var. marabaensis Ledoux & Lobato Estud. Forest. Estuar. Amaz. 15: 1 (1973).
Swietenia tessmannii Harms Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 180 (1927).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Swietenia macrophylla	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Swietenia macrophylla G. King	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
Swietenia macrophylla King	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Switenia macrophylla	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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