Editing Mahogany (section)

===Other species===
While only the three ''Swietenia'' species are classified officially as "genuine mahogany", the [[Federal Trade Commission]] allows certain species of trees other than ''Swietenia'' to be sold as "mahoganies" in the U.S. timber trade. This is due to the long-standing usage of the terms. But it must be prefixed with another descriptor, and they are not allowed to be sold under the name "mahogany" alone.<ref name="USFTC-1998"/>

[[File:Khaya anthotheca.jpg|thumb|left|African mahogany (''[[Khaya anthotheca]]'')]]
Two names are allowed. The first is "African mahogany" for the five species of the genus ''[[Khaya]]'' (which also belong to the mahogany family), namely: ''[[Khaya anthotheca|K.&nbsp;anthotheca]]'', ''[[Khaya grandifoliola|K.&nbsp;grandifoliola]]'', ''[[Khaya ivorensis|K.&nbsp;ivorensis]]'', ''[[Khaya madagascariensis|K.&nbsp;madagascariensis]]'', and ''[[Khaya senegalensis|K.&nbsp;senegalensis]]''. All of them are native to native to [[Africa]] and [[Madagascar]]. The second is the name "Philippine mahogany" for seven species (all native to the [[Philippines]]) in the genus ''[[Shorea]]'' and ''[[Parashorea]]'' (which are unrelated [[dipterocarp]]s, more commonly known as "lauan" or "meranti"), namely:''[[Shorea polysperma|S.&nbsp;polysperma]]'', ''[[Shorea negrosensis|S.&nbsp;negrosensis]]'', ''[[Shorea contorta|S.&nbsp;contorta]]'', ''[[Shorea ovata|S.&nbsp;ovata]]'', ''[[Shorea almon|S.&nbsp;almon]]'', ''[[Shorea palosapis|S.&nbsp;palosapis]]'', and ''[[Parashorea malaanonan|P.&nbsp;malaanonan]].''<ref name="USFTC-1998">{{cite book |author= Federal Trade Commission|publisher =U.S. Government Publishing Office |volume= 1|title=Code of Federal Regulations Title 16 - Commercial Practices |date=1 January 1998 |page=181 |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CFR-1998-title16-vol1/pdf/CFR-1998-title16-vol1-sec243-2.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=African Mahogany |url=https://www.wood-database.com/african-mahogany/ |website=The Wood Database |access-date=9 November 2024}}</ref> The timber from both "African mahoganies" and "Philippine mahoganies" as defined by the FTC, are very close in terms of appearance and properties to true mahoganies.<ref name="Meier-2008">{{cite web |last1=Meier |first1=Eric |title=Mahogany Mixups: the Lowdown |url=https://www.wood-database.com/wood-articles/mahogany-mixups-the-lowdown/ |website=The Wood Database |access-date=9 November 2024}}</ref> No other species are allowed to be sold in the United States under the name "mahogany", aside from the three ''Swietenia'' species and the aforementioned exceptions.<ref name="USFTC-1998"/>

Within the mahogany family, other closely-related members of other genera which also resemble mahoganies in terms of appearance and properties are also sometimes known as "mahoganies", though they can not be sold as such in the US timber trade.<ref name="Meier-2008"/> This includes some members of the genus ''[[Toona]]'', namely: "Philippine mahogany" (''[[Toona calantas]]'', different from the above usage);<ref name="ASEAN"/> "Indian mahogany" (''[[Toona ciliata]]'');<ref name="India Biodiversity Portal">{{cite web|url=http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/31866|title=''Toona ciliata'' Roem.|publisher=India Biodiversity Portal|access-date=December 12, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019125853/http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/31866|archive-date=October 19, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> "Chinese mahogany" (''[[Toona sinensis]]'');<ref>Christophe Wiart, ''Medicinal Plants of Asia and the Pacific'' (CRC Press, 2006), {{ISBN|9780429125263}} p. 203; Zhuge Ren & Clem Tisdell, ''China's Economic Growth and Transition: Macroeconomic, Environmental and Social-Regional Dimensions'' (Nova Publishers 1997, eds. C. Clement Allan Tisdell & Joseph C. H. Chai), {{ISBN|978-1-56072-530-5}} p. 338.</ref> and Indonesian mahogany (''[[Toona sureni]]'');.<ref name="Porcher-2005">{{cite web|url=http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Toona.html|title=Sorting ''Toona'' names|author=Michel H. Porcher|date=October 7, 2005|work=Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database|publisher=The University of Melbourne|access-date=December 13, 2013|archive-date=June 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604004819/https://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Toona.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="GRIN">{{cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?12192 |title=GRIN Species Records of ''Toona'' |work=Germplasm Resources Information Network |access-date=2011-04-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924075504/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?12192 |archive-date=2015-09-24 }}</ref> However members of this genus are more usually known as "toons" or "red cedars."<ref name="ASEAN">{{cite web|url=http://211.114.21.20/tropicalplant/html/print.jsp?rno=193|title=''Toona calantas'' Merr. & Rolfe|author=ASEAN Tropical Plant Database|publisher=National Institute of Environmental Research, Republic of Korea|access-date=December 12, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131211195714/http://211.114.21.20/tropicalplant/html/print.jsp?rno=193|archive-date=December 11, 2013}}</ref> They have similar properties to true mahoganies but differ in appearance.<ref name="Meier-2008"/> Other species in the same family sometimes known as "mahoganies" include "Indian mahogany" (''[[Chukrasia velutina]]'', different from ''T. ciliata''); "sipo mahogany" (''[[Entandrophragma utile]]''); "sapele mahogany" (''[[Entandrophragma cylindricum]]'');<ref name="Bridgewater-2012"/><ref name="Meier-2008"/> "royal mahogany" (''[[Carapa guianensis]]''); "white mahogany" (''[[Turraeanthus africanus]]'');<ref name="Meier-2008"/> "[[New Zealand]] mahogany" (''[[Dysoxylum spectabile]]'');<ref>Julian Matthews, ''Trees in New Zealand'' (Lansdowne Press, 1983), p. 72; Eion Scarrow, ''New Zealand Native Trees and Shrubs'' (TVNZ, 1986), {{ISBN|9780868660745}} p. 16.</ref> "pink mahogany" (''[[Guarea]]'' spp.); and "demerara mahogany" (''[[Carapa guianensis]]'').<ref>{{cite web |title=''Carapa guianensis'' Aubl. |url=https://www.nparks.gov.sg/florafaunaweb/flora/2/7/2784 |website=Flora and Fauna Web |publisher=National Parks Singapore |access-date=9 November 2024}}</ref><ref name="Bridgewater-2012"/>

Multiple other unrelated species are also known as "mahogany". These include the aforementioned ''[[Shorea]]'' species which does actually come close to true mahogany in terms of appearance and properties. But it also includes other species which do not resemble true mahogany at all and have very different wood properties, like the "Santos mahogany" (''[[Myroxylon balsamum]]''), "mountain mahogany" (''[[Cercocarpus]]'' spp.), and "swamp mahogany" (''[[Eucalyptus robusta]]'').<ref name="Meier-2008"/>