African Mahogany

African mahogany

African mahogany is a marketing name for several African trees whose wood has properties similar to New World mahogany species.

Mahogany

Mahogany is a straight‑grained, reddish‑brown timber produced by three tropical hardwood species of the genus Swietenia, native to the Americas and belonging to the pantropical chinaberry family, Meliaceae. The term refers specifically to wood from Swietenia macrophylla, Swietenia mahagoni, and Swietenia humilis. Of these, S. macrophylla is the most widespread and the only species widely grown commercially.

Mahogany (color)

Mahogany is a reddish-brown color. It is approximately the color of the wood mahogany. However, the wood itself, like most woods, is not uniformly the same color and is not recognized as a color by most.

mahogany

Noun

1. The valuable wood of any of various tropical American evergreen trees, of the genus Swietenia, mostly used to make furniture. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2. Any of the trees from which such wood comes.

Adjective

1. Made of mahogany.
2. Having the colour of mahogany; dark reddish-brown.