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PostPosted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 11:56 pm 
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Is there any relation between the tree that cinnamon bark is from and some breeds of mahogany? I was cutting a neck today and love the smell of the ribbon mahog and was reminded of spices.

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Actually, the only relation there is that they are both......trees! :D Cinnamon is of the Lauraceae family (Cinnamomum verum). Whereas true mahoganies are mostly of the Swietenia family (IE Swietenia macrophylla, Swietenia mahagoni, etc.) There are roughly 15 species of Mahogany (officially) from the Swietenia, Khaya and Entandrophragma families. I have a lot of Amboyna Burl in my shop (not a mahogany of course) and I love working it because it too has a wonderful spicy smell. :) Enjoy the fragrances but don't inhale the dust! :shock:

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Cinnamon seems to be a common scent when working with some of these woods. I get a cinnamon smell from Cocobolo as well. Now there's one where you really don't want to inhale the dust.... or leave the dust on skin after working it. Shower quickly and ashe the clothing.
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Bill Hodge wrote:
Actually, the only relation there is that they are both......trees! :D Cinnamon is of the Lauraceae family (Cinnamomum verum). Whereas true mahoganies are mostly of the Swietenia family (IE Swietenia macrophylla, Swietenia mahagoni, etc.) There are roughly 15 species of Mahogany (officially) from the Swietenia, Khaya and Entandrophragma families. I have a lot of Amboyna Burl in my shop (not a mahogany of course) and I love working it because it too has a wonderful spicy smell. :) Enjoy the fragrances but don't inhale the dust! :shock:


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Swietenia, Khaya, etc. are genera not family names. The name for the Mahogany family is : Meliaceae

Family, genus, species.

You are right about the Cinnamon tree being in the Lauraceae family. You can tell the family names by the endings.

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Link Van Cleave wrote:
Bill Hodge wrote:
Actually, the only relation there is that they are both......trees! :D Cinnamon is of the Lauraceae family (Cinnamomum verum). Whereas true mahoganies are mostly of the Swietenia family (IE Swietenia macrophylla, Swietenia mahagoni, etc.) There are roughly 15 species of Mahogany (officially) from the Swietenia, Khaya and Entandrophragma families. I have a lot of Amboyna Burl in my shop (not a mahogany of course) and I love working it because it too has a wonderful spicy smell. :) Enjoy the fragrances but don't inhale the dust! :shock:


Bill,
Swietenia, Khaya, etc. are genera not family names. The name for the Mahogany family is : Meliaceae

Family, genus, species.

You are right about the Cinnamon tree being in the Lauraceae family. You can tell the family names by the endings.

Link


Link,

You are absolutely correct about that. And actually, I knew that! :D Just another case of my being guilty of writing in a hurry and not proof reading my text. Maybe one of these days I'll learn to proof read. [uncle] Thus I stand corrected via my technicality snafu! :)

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Fantastic info...just what I was looking for. :-)

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