Oil from the mahogany has been used as a parasiticide to treat certain skin conditions

The articles below provide a sampling of materials available on the internet related to mahogany issues.

CITES and Mahogany

• TRAFFIC. February 2003. Timber: In harmony with CITES?, TRAFFIC Dispatches, Number 20.
• TRAFFIC. 2002. CITES Appendix III Implementation for Big-leafed Mahogany Swietenia macrophylla. TRAFFIC Online Report Series No. 1.
• TRAFFIC. October 2001. Big-Leafed Mahogany CITES. A TRAFFIC Network Briefing.
• TRAFFIC. October 2000. Mahogany Matters: The U.S. Market for Big-Leafed Mahogany And Its Implications For the Conservation of the Species.
• TRAFFIC. June 1998. Mahogany - Swietenia macrophylla. A TRAFFIC Network Briefing.

Cultivation

• Danida Forest Seed Centre. September 2000. Swietenia humilis Zucc. Seed Leaflet. No. 33.
• Danida Forest Seed Centre. September 2000. Swietenia maccrophylla King. Seed Leaflet. No. 30.
• Danida Forest Seed Centre. September 2000. Swietenia mahagoni (L.) Jacq. Seed Leaflet. No. 18.
• Snook, Laura. Silviculture of Mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla King) Trials.

Management

• Center for Wood Anatomy Research, U.S. Forest Service. Swietenia macrophylla. Technology Transfer Fact Sheet.
• April 9, 2002. National Radio Address by Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso, April 9, 2002, on Mahogany.
• May 2-4, 2002. Workshop: Sustainable Trade and Management of Mahogany: Working Principles, Findings, Recommendations, and Unresolved Issues. Co-hosted by Tropical Forest Foundation and EMBRAPA Amazonia Oriental, Belem, Brazil, May 2-4, 2002.
• FAO. 2002. Conservation and Use of Mahogany in Forest Ecosystems in Mexico. In: Proceedings of Biodiversity and the Ecosystem Approach in Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Satellite event on the occasion of the Ninth Regular Session of the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.

Natural History

• Alexander, Taylor R. 1953. The Largest Mahogany Tree. Everglades Natural History Journal.
• Herron, Scott. 1999. The Natural History of Mahogany. Ethnobotanical Leaflet. Southern Illinois University Carbondale.