WorldFloraDB - Chloroxylon swietenia

Characteristics

A tree. It grows 8 m tall. The leaves are alternate and compound with leaflets along the stalk and one at the end. There are 18-40 leaflets. These are 16-33 mm long. They are more pale underneath. The flowers are in small groups and are hairy. The fruit is a capsule 25 mm long. The seeds have wings.

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Much-branched tree to 8 m. or more.. Leaves alternate, imparipinnate; leaflets 18–40, subopposite or alternate, oblong, asymmetric, 16–33 mm. long, obtuse, paler beneath.. Flowers in small pubescent panicles.. Fruit a capsule, oblong, ± 25 mm. long, coriaceous, loculicidally 3-valved.. Seeds winged.

From tropical Asia; is cultivated.

Life form	perennial
Growth form	tree
Growth support	free-standing
Foliage retention	deciduous
Sexuality	hermaphrodite
Pollination	-
Spread	-
Mature width (meter)	-
Mature height (meter)	15.0 - 18.0
Root system	-
Rooting depth (meter)	1.5
Root diameter (meter)	-
Flower color
Blooming months	-
Fruit color	-
Fruiting months	-
Nitrogen fixer	-
Photosynthetic pathway	c3

Environment

Dry deciduous forest on poor, well-drained sandy or rocky soils, at low to medium altitudes.

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It is a tropical plant.

Light
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Soil texture
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Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	environmental use food gum material medicinal oil poison tea timber wood
Edible	seeds
Therapeutic use	Anti-infective agents, local (bark), Anti-inflammatory agents (bark), Antirheumatic agents (bark), Arthralgia (bark), Astringents (bark), Chest pain (bark), Contusions (bark), Dandruff (bark), Fever (bark), Jaundice (bark), Parasympatholytics (bark), Pruritus (bark), Wounds and injuries (bark), Antifungal agents (flower), Analgesics (leaf), Anti-infective agents, local (leaf), Anti-inflammatory agents (leaf), Antirheumatic agents (leaf), Astringents (leaf), Blister (leaf), Contusions (leaf), Furunculosis (leaf), Headache (leaf), Inflammation (leaf), Insecticides (leaf), Parasympatholytics (leaf), Ulcer (leaf), Wounds and injuries (leaf), Diabetes mellitus (plant exudate), Urinary bladder diseases (plant exudate), Erectile dysfunction (root), Headache (root), Pain (root), Malaria (stem), Astringent (unspecified), Anodyne (unspecified), Wound (unspecified), Antirheumatic agents (unspecified), Wounds and injuries (unspecified), Irritant (unspecified), Dermatitis (wood)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.

Mode	seedlings
Germination duration (days)	-
Germination temperacture (C°)	-
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	30 - 40
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-