Mahogany (Swietenia mahagoni)

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Identidad taxonómica

Scientific name: Swietenia mahagoni (L.) Jacq.
Canonical name: The scientific name without its authorship or date, for example Zea mays instead of Zea mays L.: Swietenia mahagoni
Authorship: The author or authors credited with publishing the scientific name. It is written after the name, sometimes with the year, for example L. (Linnaeus) in Zea mays L. An author in parentheses first published the name in another genus or rank.: (L.) Jacq.
Common names: Mahogany, American Mahogany, Cuban Mahogany, Mahogany Tree, Mehagini, Small-leaved Mahogany, Spanish mahogany, West Indian Mahogany, West Indies Mahogany, west-indies-mahogany
Names in other languages (37)
Acajou, Acajou a planches, Acajou de St. Domingue, Cajou, Cajou a planches (Haiti), Caoba, Caoba Espanõla, Caoba amarilla, Caoba dominicana (Puerto Rico), Caobilla (Cuba), Caobo (Dominican Republic), Coabilla, Mahogani de Saint-Domingue, Mahogani de Saint-Dominique, Mahogani petites feuilles, Mahogany (Bahamas), Mahogany (Virgin Isl.), Mahogany, Acajou à petites feuilles, Mahonie, Mahòk, Maun, Mogano, Mogno-das-Antilhas, West Indian mahogany (Jamaica), West Indian mahogany (Lesser Antilles), West Indian mahogany; Madeira, West-indische mahonie, acajou d'Amérique, kubamahogny, magano, mahogany d'Amérique, mogno, mogno-das-índias-ocidentais, mogno-de-folhas-pequenas, mogno-do-Caribe, mogno-verdadeiro, 桃花心木
Kingdom: One of the broadest ranks of biological classification. It groups organisms that share very basic features, for example plants (Plantae), animals (Animalia) or fungi (Fungi).: Plantae
Phylum: Rank below kingdom that groups organisms with a shared general body plan, for example chordates (Chordata), arthropods (Arthropoda) or vascular plants (Tracheophyta). In botany the same rank is also called division.: Tracheophyta
Class: Rank below phylum, for example mammals (Mammalia), birds (Aves), insects (Insecta) or monocot plants such as grasses and orchids (Liliopsida).: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rank below class that groups related families, for example grasses and their relatives (Poales) or bats (Chiroptera).: Sapindales
Family: Rank below order that groups related genera. Family names usually end in -aceae in botany (for example Poaceae, the grass family) and in -idae in zoology (for example Felidae, the cat family).: Meliaceae
Genus: Rank that groups closely related species. Its name is the first word of a species' scientific name and starts with a capital letter, for example Zea in Zea mays.: Swietenia
Specific epithet: The second word of a species' scientific name. On its own it does not name the species: it always goes with the genus, for example mays in Zea mays.: mahagoni
Taxonomic rank: The level a name occupies in the hierarchy of biological classification, such as kingdom, family, genus, species or subspecies.: species
Reference species: Swietenia mahagoni
Taxonomic status: Whether the taxonomic catalogue the record comes from currently accepts this name for the organism, or treats it as a synonym of another accepted name or as doubtful.: accepted name

Photos and conservation status

IUCN Red List category: The extinction-risk category that the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) assigns to a species on its Red List. EX Extinct: there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died. EW Extinct in the wild: it survives only in cultivation, in captivity or as a population far outside its past range. CR Critically endangered, EN Endangered and VU Vulnerable: the three threatened categories, from an extremely high to a high risk of extinction in the wild. NT Near threatened: close to qualifying as threatened. LC Least concern: evaluated and not threatened. DD Data deficient: there is not enough information to assess its risk. NE Not evaluated: not yet assessed against the criteria. It describes the risk of the species worldwide, not its situation in a project's area.: Near threatened (NT)
Source: IUCN Red List via GBIF, queried on 2026-10-13 11:17.

Photo of Swietenia mahagoni (L.) Jacq. — Photo: Ben Matthews · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation

Research-grade iNaturalist observations via GBIF, CC0 or CC BY licences only, queried on 2026-10-13 11:17.

Interacciones documentadas

GloBI says it is documented somewhere in the world. Biolitica answers whether it could happen here.

A documented interaction means it was recorded somewhere in the world. It does not mean it occurs here.

Types shown: 3 of 3 is a host of × is eaten by × is adjacent to ×

Blocks that do not sit under a navigation concept heading keep the source's own term: no navigation concept has been assigned to them yet.

is a host of 9 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. In the source ontology symbiosis covers mutualism, commensalism and parasitism alike, so this block holds attackers and allies side by side.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Phyllocnistis meliacella	is a host of	1	no location
1 source · 1 record Becker, V. O., 1974, Studies on the shootborer Hypsipyla grandella (Zeller) (Lep.,Pyralidae). 26. A new genus and three new species of Microlepidoptera (Pyralidae and Gracillariidae) associated with Carapa, Cedrela and Swietenia in Costa Rica. vol 24 issue 3 pages 332–335 Published in urn:lsid:checklistbank.org:dataset:1049 Context: no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Pseudocercospora subsessilis Mycosphaerellaceae	is a host of	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=2910431 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: no place published · Feb. 2, 1956 · Preserved specimen A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Phyllachora swieteniae Phyllachoraceae	is a host of	1	no location
1 source · 1 record https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=3523054 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: in Coral Gables · March 25, 1960 · Preserved specimen A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Hypsipyla albipartalis Pyralidae	is a host of	1	no location
1 source · 1 record Sevastopulo D. G., 1977, A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). vol 36 issue 314 pages 45–50 Published in urn:lsid:checklistbank.org:dataset:2017 Context: no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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is eaten by 5 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Tricentrus capneri Membracidae	is eaten by	2	no location
2 sources · 2 records Ahmad, I., Yasmeen, N. & Khan, A.A. (1980a) Generic and supergeneric keys with reference to a check list of Membracoid fauna of Pakistan and Bangladesh (Homoptera: Auchenorhyncha [sic]) with notes on their distribution and food plants. <i>Supplement of the Entomological Soci… Published in urn:lsid:checklistbank.org:dataset:2317 Context: no place published · no date published Yasmeen, N. & Ahmad, I. (1976b) New species of <i>Tricentrus</i> Stål from Pakistan, Azad Kashmir and East Bengal with phylogenetic considerations (Membracidae, Centrotinae, Tricentrini). <i>Mushi</i>, 49(10), 95–125. Published in urn:lsid:checklistbank.org:dataset:2317 Context: no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Pine Scissor-Grinder Neotibicen davisi davisi Cicadidae	is eaten by	1	no location
1 source · 1 record Sanborn, A.F. & Phillips, P.K. (2013) Biogeography of the Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of North America, North of Mexico. <i>Diversity</i>, 5(2), 166–239. https://doi.org/10.3390/d5020166 Published in urn:lsid:checklistbank.org:dataset:2317 Context: no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Homalodisca ichthyocephala Cicadellidae	is eaten by	1	no location
1 source · 1 record Pinedo-Escatel, J.A., Blanco-Rodríguez, E. & Nah-Ramos, S.A. (2024) Cicadélidofauna (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) de Yucatán: nuevos registros para México, distribución geográfica, notas y especies de importancia económica [Leafhopper fauna (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) of Yucatán: … Published in urn:lsid:checklistbank.org:dataset:2317 Context: no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Glassy winged sharpshooter, Sharpshooter, Glassy winged, Xylophagous leafhopper Homalodisca vitripennis Cicadellidae	is eaten by	1	no location
1 source · 1 record Hoddle, M.S., Triapitsyn, S.V. & Morgan, D.J.W. (2003a) Distribution and plant association records for <i>Homalodisca coagulata</i> (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) in Florida. <i>Florida Entomologist</i>, 86, 89–91. Published in urn:lsid:checklistbank.org:dataset:2317 Context: no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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is adjacent to 3 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Quacimmila De Canario Phoradendron quadrangulare Santalaceae	is adjacent to	2	no location
2 sources · 4 records http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a4e13ec7-da6d-4759-8029-b8112b1ba10a Published in globalbioticinteractions/usnm Record contexts (sample): Jacagua, near Santiago. · Nov. 13, 1966 · Preserved specimen; Jacagua, near Santiago. · Nov. 13, 1966 · Preserved specimen http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ae96585b-35a7-4c9a-877e-19e944b707e8 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usnm Record contexts (sample): Jacagua, near Santiago. · Nov. 13, 1966 · Preserved specimen; Jacagua, near Santiago. · Nov. 13, 1966 · Preserved specimen A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Phoradendron haitiense Viscaceae	is adjacent to	2	no location
2 sources · 2 records http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a4e13ec7-da6d-4759-8029-b8112b1ba10a Published in globalbioticinteractions/usnm Context: Jacagua, near Santiago. · Nov. 13, 1966 · Preserved specimen http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ae96585b-35a7-4c9a-877e-19e944b707e8 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usnm Context: Jacagua, near Santiago. · Nov. 13, 1966 · Preserved specimen A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Phellinus gilvus Hymenochaetaceae	is adjacent to	1	no location
1 source · 1 record https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=2324815 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Mahogany Hammock, Everglades Nat. Park · Aug. 10, 1972 · Preserved specimen A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

Showing 3 of 3, by number of studies

Interaction data from Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI), GloBI 0.11. Each row keeps the citation its own study published.

Interactions are published at species level: they are not resolved by variety or race.

Each block is headed by the source's own term, read from this species' end — not by a category of ours. Two similar terms are not merged.

«Documented here» means the interaction was observed in this territory. It is not evidence that the species is here, and it does not enter the niche model.

Acompañantes documentados

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Documented uses and recommendations

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Among the sources you can read, none documents a use or recommendation of this species beside a crop.