Thai Botanic · Project plant supply
Swietenia macrophylla
Swietenia macrophylla supplied from Thailand for landscape projects. Tall formal canopy tree for avenues and institutional grounds. Sizes listed.
Big-leaf mahogany · Meliaceae · Semi-deciduous canopy tree
A tall, straight-trunked tree with a high symmetrical crown and glossy compound foliage. Clean-limbed and formal in habit, which makes it one of the most architectural canopy species for avenue and institutional planting.
Specification
| Mature height | 20–30 m |
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| Crown spread | 10–18 m — high and symmetrical |
| Caliper range supplied | 5–22 cm standard, measured 1 m above soil level. Larger by arrangement. |
| Root-ball diameter | 100–160 cm (indicative) |
| Growth rate | Moderate to fast |
| Habit | Semi-deciduous; brief leaf change |
| Flowering | Small greenish-white; ornamentally inconspicuous |
Landscape use
Avenue and boulevard planting, campuses, institutional and civic grounds, and large parks. The clear straight trunk carries the canopy well above vehicles and pedestrians, which makes it straightforward to use over circulation.
Specified for structure, scale and permanence. A row of them reads as deliberate formal planting in a way few tropical canopy trees achieve.
Site tolerance
| Drought | Moderate — best with reliable moisture |
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| Salinity | Low to moderate (indicative) |
| Wind | Moderate to high |
| Soil | Deep, well-drained soil; performs best with a full root run |
| Heat | High, with irrigation |
| USDA zone | 10–12 |
Export notes
Supplied root-balled and wrapped. As a listed timber species, mahogany carries additional documentation requirements in several destinations — confirm the position for your country before ordering. See export and compliance.
For available sizes and current stock in this species, message us on WhatsApp at +66 93 425 9892 or email contact@thaibotanic.com — or browse the species catalogue. This is one of the species we grow and supply regularly. If you are working to a programme, send the planting schedule and we will plan lifting and shipping around it. Where a design calls for something outside our usual range, we source it through the nursery network we have worked with for years, given reasonable notice.