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Indian mahogany

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Indian mahogany is the common name for two species of trees in the family Meliaceae:

  • Toona ciliata, native to southern Asia to Australia; also known as toon, Australian red cedar, or Indian cedar
  • Chukrasia velutina, native to southern Asia and Indochina; also known as bastard cedar, Chittagong wood, Burmese almondwood or Jamaica cedar

    • It may also refer to:

  • Swietenia mahagoni, native to Florida to the Caribbean; a true mahogany also known as the West Indian mahogany or the West Indies mahogany
  • Pterocarpus dalbergioides, endemic to India; also known as the East Indian mahogany, Andaman padauk, or Andaman redwood

    • References

    Indian mahogany Wikipedia
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