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Meliaceae
Cuban mahogany
Swietenia mahagoni
Also known as American mahogany, broad-leaved mahogany, West Indies mahogany, Cedrela mahagoni
Tropical Plants · Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Cuban Mahogany · Tropical Hardwood · Shade Tree · Meliaceae · Endangered Species · Landscape Tree · Florida Tree · Caribbean Native · Timber Tree · Ornamental
Cuban mahogany is a stately tropical hardwood tree that grows best in warm, frost-free climates with full sun and well-drained, fertile soil. It appreciates regular watering when young but becomes moderately drought tolerant once established; feed with a balanced slow-release fertilizer in spring and summer. This tree is best suited to large landscapes or estate gardens in USDA zones 10-11, where it can develop its impressive canopy.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 7 hours
- Watering
- Water thoroughly until water drains from the base, then allow the top 2 inches of soil to dry before watering again · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7
- Temperature
- 55°F to 100°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 9a-12b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 10 ft – 25 ft
- Spread
- 16.7 ft
- Spacing
- 360 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yellow
- Foliage
- Green · Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Andaman Is., Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Hainan, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Laos, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Marianas, Mauritius
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Birds
Sources: trefle
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