Swietenia mahagoni west indian mahogany discover life. Bigleaf mahogany swietenia macrophylla king is an important species for timber production that is considered the most valuable in the world. Its species name, humilis, means small or dwarfish. List of various diseases cured by swietenia mahagoni. Antidiabetic and antioxidant activity of swietenia. It is one of south floridas popular landscape and street trees. Meliaceae is a medium to large evergreen tree native to southern florida, cuba, the bahamas, hispaniola, and jamaica. It occurs natively in the neotropics, from southern florida, the caribbean, mexico and central america south to bolivia. A voucher specimen was submitted in the department of botany, vidyasagar university and numbered as swietenia. Swietenia macrophylla is an evergreen tree growing to 35 m 114ft by 35 m 114ft at a slow rate. Discover lifes page about the biology, natural history, ecology, identification and distribution of swietenia mahagoni west indian mahogany discover life. Mahogany is a straightgrained, reddishbrown timber of three tropical hardwood species of the. Mahogany university of florida, institute of food and.
To evaluate the antidiabetic and antioxidant potential of s. Application analysis of swietenia mahagoni mahogany seeds unique aerodynamical landing characteristics article pdf available january 2016 with 1,028 reads how we measure reads. The database and code is licensed under a creative commons attributionnoncommercialsharealike 3. Swietenia mahagoni vernacular names edit wikidata swietenia mahagoni english. This is a popular shade and street tree in tropical south florida. Commonly planted and naturalized, in florida this species is primarily native only to the northern keys and southern hammocks of the everglades little 1978. This study examines the in vitro antioxidant activities of the methanol extract of swietenia mahagoni seeds smcm seed extract. The present study focuses the antidiabetic, antihyperlipidemic, and antioxidative capacities, as well as protein metabolic disorders management efficacy of the aqueousmethanolic extract 2. Mahogany swietenia mahagoni casts a light, dappled shade on the ground below, making it a great shade tree for landscapes with enough room for it to. Pharmacological evaluation of methanolic leaf extract of.
Names of swietenia mahagoni in various languages of. Flowers are mostly inconspicuous but the fruit or nut is quite large and releases an abundance of winged seeds in spring when it splits open. Fnps provides this link to assist users in finding sources for native plants. The leaflets are up to 8 cm long with an unequal leaflet base. Pdf swietenia mahagoni seed oil contains common unsaturated fatty acids such. Swietenia mahagoni is a valuable timber tree closely related to the. Swietenia mahagoni mahogany environmental horticulture. Swietenia mahagoni, commonly called mahogany or west indies mahogany, is an evergreen tree with a dense, domeshaped, rounded but sometimes spreading crown. Swietenia wikispecies wikispecies, free species directory. Mahogany is a tropical tree, wellknown for its aromatic hardwood used in furniture making.
How to grow swietenia mahagoni from seed home guides. Some experts consider this tree to be semievergreen because it does drop leaves in early spring as new leaves are emerging. Swietenia macrophylla big leaf mahogany, honduras mahogany. How swietenia mahagoni is effective for various diseases is listed in repertory format. West indian mahogany, swietenia mahagoni, by nature of its scientific name is most appropriately called mahogany. Pdf application analysis of swietenia mahagoni mahogany. The bark is smooth in young specimens darkening and becoming furrowed with age. Phytochemical and antimicrobial activity of swietenia. Pdf in vitro multiplication of swietenia macrophylla king. Useful tropical plants database 2014 by ken fern, web interface by ajna fern with help from richard morris.
Fragrances are created using non destructive headspace technology. One of these planting sites was cabrits, a peninsula that is now protected as a national park in the northwest of the island. Swietenia mahagoni article about swietenia mahagoni by. The leaves are pinnately compound and arranged alternately. Swietenia mahagoni, commonly known as american mahogany, cuban mahogany, smallleaved mahogany, and west indian mahogany, is a species of swietenia native to south florida in the united states and islands in the caribbean including the bahamas, cuba, barbados, jamaica, dominican republic and haiti. It is one of three species in the genus swietenia, all three of which are regarded as genuine mahogany. Creative commons attributionnoncommercialsharealike 3.
Uses, benefits, cures, side effects, nutrients in swietenia mahagoni. White department of plant sciences, university of oxford. An excellent, if rather terse, guide to the traditional medicinal uses of the plants of the region it is taken orally as a decoction for diarrhoea and dysentery, as a source of vitamins and iron, and as a medicine to induce haemorrhage. A downloadable pdf document of a book in prepublication awaiting illustration. It is the species from which the original mahogany wood was produced. There are five fragrances in elixirs of nature collection launched in 2016. In practice, the wood is still used only in cabinet. Acharya jagadish chandra bose indian botanic garden howrah 20110108 9762. Swietenia the body shop perfume a fragrance for women. The present study was designed to investigate the antinociceptive effects of methanolic leaf extract of swietenia mahagoni mesm on acrylamideinduced painful neuropathy in rats. Watson2 introduction this large, semievergreen tree forms a loose, rounded canopy and casts light, dappled shade, suitable for maintaining a lawn beneath fig. It is semideciduous and loses its leaves in late winter for only about two weeks.
In the mid 20 th century, bigleaf mahogany swietenia macrophylla and smallleaf mahogany trees also known as west indies mahogany, swietenia mahagoni were planted on the island in at least five places. These compounds from the polyphenols or flavan3ols class exhibited antioxidant activity using the dpph 1,1diphenyl2picrylhydrazyl free radical scavenging. Media in category swietenia mahagoni the following 68 files are in this category, out of 68 total. It is the species from which the original mahogany wood was. This timber tree is mainly cultivated at tropical zone, such as india, malaysia, and southern china mulholland et al. Antidiabetic potentiality of the aqueousmethanolic. In doing so, fnps is not attesting to the accuracy of any information on the fann webite.
West indian mahogany, west indies mahogany, american mahogany, cuban mahogany, smallleaved mahogany, west indian mahogany. Root system morphology influences lateral stability of. The genus is named for dutchaustrian physician gerard van swieten 17001772. Swietenia mahagoni herb uses, benefits, cures, side. Evidencebased complementary and alternative medicine. Swietenia mahagoni is a medium to large size tree up to 15 meters in height. It has been introduced into puerto rico, the virgin islands, the lesser antilles, trinidad, tobago, and some other caribbean islands. Swietenia humilis is a species of tree in the family meliaceae. The intraperitoneal administration of acrylamide 30 mgkg. Some members of fann may provide services that do not further the fnps mission, and this link should not be. The very valuable american mahogany of swietenia macrophylla from central america and central and northern south america is used today much less, just as the wood from swietenia mahagoni has been for many years, because the few remaining natural resources are increasingly being protected. The pilot studies focused on the fact that the aqueousmethanol 2.
Provided by smithsonian institution, department of botany. Swietenia macrophylla king meliaceae is an endangered and. Smallleaved mahogany swietenia mahagoni is most often grown for its valuable timber, but also makes an attractive landscape tree. Plants profile for swietenia mahagoni west indian mahogany. Propagation containers modify root systems, which affect postplanting anchorage in reforestation efforts, but little is known about largersized trees typical in urban landscapes. Swietenia mahagoni is naturally distributed from southern florida throughout the keys, the bahamas, cuba, jamaica, hispaniola pennington 1981, dominican republic and haiti longwood 1962. Growth habit this is an upright tree with a rounded, symmetrical crown of medium density. Physicochemical characteristics of swietenia mahagoni oil and biodiesel. Honduran or bigleaf mahogany swietenia macrophylla, with a range from mexico to southern. Biological activities and phytochemicals of swietenia macrophylla. In the present study, the antidiabetic activity of the methanol extract of s. Elsewhere it is thought to be native to the bahamas, cuba, hispaniola, and jamaica pennington et. Swietenia is a genus of trees in the chinaberry family, meliaceae.
This was the result of the 1766 free ports act, which opened kingston and other. This document is enh766, one of a series of the environmental horticulture department, ufifas extension. American oil chemists society aocs methods were used to determine the free fatty acid ffa content, unsap matter, iodine value, saponification value firestone, 2003a, firestone, 2003b, firestone, 2003c, firestone, 2003d. Gardeners in much of south floridazones 10a to 11are lucky enough to be able to grow this tree. Swietenia mahagoni seeds were collected from midnapore, district paschim midnapore, west bengal, india, in the month of december and were identified by taxonomist of botany department, vidyasagar university, midnapore. The extract was screened for possible antioxidant activities by free radical scavenging activity dpph, xanthine oxidase inhibition xoi, hydrogen peroxide scavenging activity hpsa and ferricreducing antioxidant power frap assays.
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