''Chloroxylon swietenia'' , the Ceylon satinwood or East Indian satinwood, is a tropical

hardwood Hardwood is wood from Flowering plant, angiosperm trees. These are usually found in broad-leaved temperate and tropical forests. In temperate and boreal ecosystem, boreal latitudes they are mostly deciduous, but in tropics and subtropics mostl ...

, the sole species in the genus ''Chloroxylon'' (from the

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χλωρὸν ξύλον, "green wood"). It is native to southern

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, and

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.Asian Regional Workshop (Conservation & Sustainable Management of Trees, Viet Nam, August 1996). 1998
''Chloroxylon swietenia''.
In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. Downloaded on 24 July 2013. It and '' Zanthoxylum flavum'', the West Indian satinwood, are considered to be the original satinwoods.

Wood

Its wood is prized for veneers, inlays, fine furniture, and other specialty applications. Chloroxylon stem

Conservation

Populations have declined due to

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References

Vulnerable plants Flora of India (region) Flora of Madagascar Trees of Sri Lanka Rutoideae {{Rutaceae-stub