Myroxylon balsamum - World Agroforestry Centre
... suggest that the species can be planted in every ecological zone within that country, nor that the species can not be planted in other countries than those depicted. Since (L.) Harms balsamum some tree species are invasive, you need to follow biosafety procedures that apply to your planting site. Fa ...
... suggest that the species can be planted in every ecological zone within that country, nor that the species can not be planted in other countries than those depicted. Since (L.) Harms balsamum some tree species are invasive, you need to follow biosafety procedures that apply to your planting site. Fa ...
Eucalyptus robusta - World Agroforestry Centre
... generic name, which comes from the Greek words ‘eu’ (well), and ‘calyptos’ (covered). The species name comes from the Latin word ‘robustus’ (robust), but the allusion is obscure. The common name ‘mahogany’ refers to the similarity of the timber to that of a Central American species, Swietenia mahoga ...
... generic name, which comes from the Greek words ‘eu’ (well), and ‘calyptos’ (covered). The species name comes from the Latin word ‘robustus’ (robust), but the allusion is obscure. The common name ‘mahogany’ refers to the similarity of the timber to that of a Central American species, Swietenia mahoga ...
Selecting that perfect name for a newborn child can be a daunting
... names were derived in order to create excitement and interest with potential buyers. After all, who wouldn’t want a ‘Dream Catcher’ growing in his or her landscape? Rita and I also have growing in our landscape two cultivars of the genus/species Hibiscus acetosella. Like Hibiscus moscheutos, these p ...
... names were derived in order to create excitement and interest with potential buyers. After all, who wouldn’t want a ‘Dream Catcher’ growing in his or her landscape? Rita and I also have growing in our landscape two cultivars of the genus/species Hibiscus acetosella. Like Hibiscus moscheutos, these p ...
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... wet forests. At 5 ft long and roughly 418 lbs it is the smallest hippo species. It is far less given to spending time in water and it prefers to spend time alone. African forest elephants: They weigh between 7000 and 9000 lbs. Their love of fruits and other vegetation makes them a very efficient mea ...
... wet forests. At 5 ft long and roughly 418 lbs it is the smallest hippo species. It is far less given to spending time in water and it prefers to spend time alone. African forest elephants: They weigh between 7000 and 9000 lbs. Their love of fruits and other vegetation makes them a very efficient mea ...
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... African forest elephants: They weigh between 7000 and 9000 lbs. Their love of fruit and other vegetation makes them a very efficient means of spreading seeds through out the forest. They are very like their cousins in the savanna. Gorilla: the mountain gorilla is an endangered animal. Poaching a ...
... African forest elephants: They weigh between 7000 and 9000 lbs. Their love of fruit and other vegetation makes them a very efficient means of spreading seeds through out the forest. They are very like their cousins in the savanna. Gorilla: the mountain gorilla is an endangered animal. Poaching a ...
Mahogany Swietenia mahagoni Family: Moraceae The
... Mahogany Swietenia mahagoni Family: Moraceae The Mahogany Tree is one of our beautiful and large street trees in Plantation. The leaves are the best way to identify this tree and are compound with four to five leaflets per leaf. The blades of these striking leaves curve backwards. Flowers are not pa ...
... Mahogany Swietenia mahagoni Family: Moraceae The Mahogany Tree is one of our beautiful and large street trees in Plantation. The leaves are the best way to identify this tree and are compound with four to five leaflets per leaf. The blades of these striking leaves curve backwards. Flowers are not pa ...
Khaya nyasica - World Agroforestry Centre
... Khaya nyasica is a large tree, sometimes exceeding 60 m in height. Bark grey to brown, mainly smooth but flaking off in characteristic scales. Leaves compound, paripinnate, large, 2-7 pairs of leaflets; leaflets oblongelliptic, 17 x 7 cm, surface dark glossy green, paler green below; margin entire; ...
... Khaya nyasica is a large tree, sometimes exceeding 60 m in height. Bark grey to brown, mainly smooth but flaking off in characteristic scales. Leaves compound, paripinnate, large, 2-7 pairs of leaflets; leaflets oblongelliptic, 17 x 7 cm, surface dark glossy green, paler green below; margin entire; ...
Mahogany
Mahogany is a kind of wood—the straight-grained, reddish-brown timber of three tropical hardwood species of the genus Swietenia, indigenous to the Americas, part of the pantropical chinaberry family, Meliaceae. The three species are:Honduran or big-leaf mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla), with a range from Mexico to southern Amazonia in Brazil, the most widespread species of mahogany and the only true mahogany species commercially grown today. Illegal logging of S. macrophylla, and its highly destructive environmental effects, led to the species' placement in 2003 on Appendix II of Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), the first time that a high-volume, high-value tree was listed on Appendix II.West Indian or Cuban mahogany (Swietenia mahagoni), native to southern Florida and the Caribbean, formerly dominant in the mahogany trade, but not in widespread commercial use since World War II. Swietenia humilis, a small and often twisted mahogany tree limited to seasonally dry forests in Pacific Central America that is of limited commercial utility. Some botanists believe that S. humilis is a mere variant of S. macrophylla.While the three Swietenia species are classified officially as ""genuine mahogany"", other Meliaceae species with timber uses are classified as ""true mahogany."" (Only the Swietenia species can be called ""genuine mahogany."") Some may or may not have the word mahogany in their trade or common name. Some of these true mahoganies include the African genera Khaya and Entandrophragma; New Zealand mahogany or kohekohe (Dysoxylum spectabile); Chinese mahogany, Toona sinensis; Indonesian mahogany, Toona sureni; Indian mahogany, Toona ciliata; Chinaberry, Melia azedarach; Pink Mahogany (or Bosse), Guarea; Chittagong (also known as Indian Mahogany), Chukrasia velutina; and Crabwood Carapa guianensis. Some members of the genus Shorea (Meranti, Balau, or Lauan) of the family Dipterocarpaceae are also sometimes sold as Philippine mahogany, although the name is more properly applied to another species of Toona, Toona calantas.Mahogany is a commercially important lumber prized for its beauty, durability, and color, and used for paneling and to make furniture, boats, musical instruments and other items. The leading importer of mahogany is the United States, followed by Britain; while the largest exporter today is Peru, which surpassed Brazil after that country banned mahogany exports in 2001. It is estimated that some 80 or 90 percent of Peruvian mahogany exported to the United States is illegally harvested, with the economic cost of illegal logging in Peru placed conservatively at $US40-70 million annually. It was estimated that in 2000, some 57,000 mahogany trees were harvested to supply the U.S. furniture trade alone.Mahogany is the national tree of the Dominican Republic and Belize. A mahogany tree with two woodcutters bearing an axe and a paddle also appears on the Belizean national coat of arms, under the national motto, Sub umbra floreo, Latin for ""under the shade I flourish.""