Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
caoba	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
mexican mahogany	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pacific coast mahogany	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pacific mahogany	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
zopilopatle	Other	Wild Med. Pl. from SW Puebla, Mexico (Hersch-Martinez, 1995)
zopilote	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) Wild Med. Pl. from SW Puebla, Mexico (Hersch-Martinez, 1995)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seeds		Wild Med. Pl. from SW Puebla, Mexico (Hersch-Martinez, 1995)
seed		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Swietenia cirrhata S.F.Blake J. Washington Acad. Sci. 10: 292 (1920).
Swietenia bijuga P.Preuss Exped. C.-Südamer.: 112, 408 (1901).
Swietenia multijuga Schiede Linnaea 4: 578 (1829).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Swietenia cirrhata	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Swietenia humilis	Med. Pl. Mexico (Heinrich et al., 1998)
Swietenia humilis Zucc.	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Swietenia humilis Zuccarini	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Swietinia humilis Zucc.	Wild Med. Pl. from SW Puebla, Mexico (Hersch-Martinez, 1995)

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