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Indian mahogany
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English
Noun
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Any tree (or the wood) of two species in the family Meliaceae family:
Toona ciliata species, native from southern Asia to Australia.
en toon Australian redcedar Indian cedar
Chukrasia velutina species, native to southern Asia and Indochina.
en bastard cedar Chittagong wood Burmese almondwood Jamaica cedar
See also
Swietenia mahagoni species, native to Florida to the Caribbean; a true mahogany, also known as West Indian mahogany or West Indies mahogany
Pterocarpus dalbergioides species, endemic to India; also known as East Indian mahogany, Andaman padauk, or Andaman redwood
References
en Sapindales order plants