Swietenia humilis is a species of tree in the family Meliaceae. It is one of three species in the genus Swietenia, all three of which are regarded as "genuine mahogany." At 6 m, it is one-fifth the height of S. mahagoni and one-sixth the height of S. macrophylla. Its species name, humilis, means "small" or "dwarfish". Common names include Pacific Coast mahogany, caoba del Pacifico, caoba del Honduras, caobilla, cobano, gateado, sopilocuahuilt, venadillo and zapaton. In the wood trades it is known as Honduras mahogany and Mexican mahogany The tree has been over-exploited for its wood which is valuable for making furniture. The plant also is of interest as a possibly commercial source of seed oil and pharmacologically active compounds. Example of the finished wood
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Swietenia humilis across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Swietenia humilis has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens1
Marker genes1
GenBank sequences10
eDNA detections1
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★ITS10
fungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type1 161 records
Wild obs. + sensor533
Museum / vouchered627
Other1
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO3 424 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km
≤10 km 2>10 km 522
524 georeferenced · 9 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor533
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy89% within 1 km
≤100 m 245≤1 km 12≤10 km 31>10 km 1
289 georeferenced · 338 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence627
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions36 of 49 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Mexico City, MX
107
Saint Louis, US
104
Durango, MX
62
Mexico City, MX
43
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record
25
Chapingo, MX
24
Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV
24
Mexico City, MX
21
Kew, GB
21
Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Conservación, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Moreloslocation not on record
18
San Francisco, US
15
Sociedad para el Estudio de los Recursos Bióticos de Oaxaca, A. C.location not on record
14
Austin, US
13
Berlin, DE
11
León, NI
11
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX
10
MEXUlocation not on record
7
Austin, US
7
Tapachula, MX
7
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX
6
Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR)location not on record
6
Riverside, US
6
Tlalnepantla, MX
6
Ciudad de México, MX
4
Culiacán, MX
4
Giardini Botanici Hanburylocation not on record
4
San José, CR
4
Autlán de Navarro, MX
4
South Kensington, GB
4
Bronx, US
3
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
3
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
3
Toluca, MX
2
San Diego, US
2
Chicago, US
2
Ciudad de México, MX
2
OTSlocation not on record
1
Phoenix, US
1
Mérida, MX
1
Montecillo, Texcoco, MX
1
EL PASO, US
1
Miami, US
1
MAlocation not on record
1
Wlocation not on record
1
BMlocation not on record
1
Universidad de El Salvadorlocation not on record
1
Managua, NI
1
Guatemala City, GT
1
Mazatlán, MX
1
49 institutions · 622 of 627 vouchered records shown · 5 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA1 detections
Where the DNA of Swietenia humilis was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found1
Studies independent surveys1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 1 detections have coordinates
Open the map0 countries0
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation5 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 161 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗