Editing Meliaceae (section)

==Uses==
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Various species are used for vegetable oil, soap-making, insecticides, and highly prized wood (mahogany).

Some economically important genera and species belong to this family:
*''[[Azadirachta indica]]'', neem tree (India)
*''[[Carapa]]'': includes the "crabwood trees" ''e.g. Carapa procera'' (South America and Africa)
*''[[Cedrela odorata]]'' Central and South America; timber also known as Spanish-cedar
*''[[Entandrophragma]]'': includes [[sapele]] (''Entandrophragma cylindricum''), and "utile" or "sipo" (''[[Entandrophragma utile|E. utile]]'') of tropical Africa
*''[[Guarea]]'', the genus of ''Bossé'' or "pink mahogany", includes: ''[[Guarea thompsonii|G. thompsonii]]'' and  ''[[Guarea cedrata|G. cedrata]]'' (Africa)
*''[[Khaya]]'' includes: [[Khaya ivorensis|Ivory Coast Mahogany]] and [[Khaya senegalensis|Senegal Mahogany]] (tropical Africa)
*''[[Lansium domesticum]]'', lanzones, grown for its edible fruit in [[Southeast Asia]]
*''[[Melia azedarach]]'', Chinaberry or white cedar ([[Indomalayan realm|Indomalaya]] and [[Australasian realm|Australasia]])
*''[[Sandoricum koetjape]]'', santol, grown for its edible fruit in [[Southeast Asia]] and [[South Asia]]
*''[[Swietenia]]'' is the classic "mahogany" genus from the tropical [[Americas]]
*''[[Toona]]'': the genus of "toon tree" species (tropical [[Asia]], [[Malesia]], and [[Australia]]), especially ''[[Toona ciliata]]''