Mahogany Plants

Mahogany is one of the most valuable tropical hardwoods in the world prized for its beauty, durability, and color.
There are three main varieties of Mahogany; Honduran, West Indian and Central American. Honduran Mahogany is also know as “Genuine Mahogany”, a name that was coined a generation ago to separate it from Mahogany trees of less quality such as those grown in the Philippines. West Indian Mahogany was used extensively by the United Sates to build planes during the Second World War. Although of less quality than Genuine Mahogany, it was close and available at the time. By the end of the war, it had been logged extensively and fell out of favor when metals like Aluminum where used to build aircraft. Also known as Cuban Mahogany, West Indian Mahogany can be found in scattered plantations in parts of Florida and the Caribbean. The third type of Mahogany is found growing in its natural habitat along the coast of Central America. A short, knarly tree, it is of little commercial value.