Common Name: West Indies mahogany
Scientific Name: Swietenia mahagoni
Category: Champion (big) tree
Comments: As far as I know, the Caribbean Mahogany does not normally grow in Virginia, and yet there is a grove of them 120-150 feet high at Glen Beau Plantation, in Mineral, Louisa County. About 20 years ago, seedlings from these trees were planted and are now 35-foot mahoganies in Williamsburg. (Editors note: USDA Plants Database indicates this species is not known to occur north of Florida.)
Dendrology Notes: This identification is in doubt, as mahogany is not frost hardy and is not planted outside of zone 10.
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Nominator: John Fitzhugh Millar
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County/City: Louisa