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

hardwood Hardwood is wood from dicot trees. These are usually found in broad-leaved temperate and tropical forests. In temperate and boreal latitudes they are mostly deciduous, but in tropics and subtropics mostly evergreen. Hardwood (which comes from ...

, the sole species in the genus ''Chloroxylon'' (from the Greek χλωρὸν ξύλον, "green wood"). It is native to southern India,

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

, and Madagascar.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. Chloroxylon stem

Conservation

Populations have declined due to

overexploitation Overexploitation, also called overharvesting, refers to harvesting a renewable resource to the point of diminishing returns. Continued overexploitation can lead to the destruction of the resource, as it will be unable to replenish. The term app ...

References

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