Chloroxylon swietenia
| Chloroxylon swietenia | |
|---|---|
| Ragihalli Forest, Bengaluru district, India. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Genus: | Chloroxylon |
| Species: | C. swietenia |
| Binomial name | |
| Chloroxylon swietenia | |
| Synonyms | |
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Chloroxylon swietenia , the Ceylon satinwood or East Indian satinwood, is a tropical hardwood, the sole species in the genus Chloroxylon (from the Greek χλωρὸν ξύλον, "green wood"). It is native to southern India, Sri Lanka, and Madagascar.
It and Zanthoxylum flavum, the West Indian satinwood, are considered to be the original satinwoods.