Trichilia is a Mahogany family genus with 70 species, four of which are native to Africa and the remainder native to West Indies and ranges from Mexico through Central America to Brazil and Bolivia in South America. There are 43 species alone in Brazil. Two of the four African species have timber uses and one species of the American species is recognized for its timber uses. 

Trichilia is a Mahogany family genus with 70 species, four of which are native to Africa and the remainder native to West Indies and ranges from Mexico through Central America to Brazil and Bolivia in South America. There are 43 species alone in Brazil. Two of the four African species have timber uses and one species of the American species is recognized for its timber uses. 

Turraeanthus africanus is a single Mahogany family genus/species native to Africa. It is most known as AVIDORE but also goes by the English names AFRICAN WHITE MAHOGANY and rarely as AFRICAN SATINWOOD. It is the lightest-coloured Mahogany family timber being a cream or pale yellow and can have figure.

Cabralea canjerana is a single Mahogany family tree genus/species found only in South America and pretty much unknown to the rest of the world. Its local Spanish name is CANGERANA or CAJARANA. Widely available in Brazil, it is used in local general carpentry, furniture, interior construction, carvings and joinery. Its colour is usually blood red or maroon often with purplish markings.

Carapa is a Mahogany family genus with two species native to Central and South America and one species native to Africa. Timber from this species is otherwise sold as "Crabwood", "Andiroba", "Demerara mahogany", or "Bastard mahogany."

Melia is a Mahogany family tree with three species, one of which yields high-quality timber but has no commercial or export interest. This species yields timber that is reddish-brown with a straight but coarse grain. ​

Chukrasia tabularis, is a single genus/species in the Mahogany family found in Southern China, and throughout South East Asia and India. It is most commonly traded as EAST INDIAN MAHOGANY, INDIA MAHOGANY, or INDIAN REDWOOD. Other trade names include BURMESE ALMONWOOD, CHICKRASSY, CHITTAGONG WOOD, BASTARD CEDAR, and WHITE CEDAR. Botanically it is very close to Cedrela and Toona. Small exports of veneer originate from Myanmar and India.

Guarea is a Mahogany family genus with 71 species native to Africa and Central and Latin America. Two species in Africa have timber uses and two species in Latin America have timber uses.

Cedrela is a Mahogany family genus with 13 accepted species native to the Carribbean and the Americas. Botanically Cedrela is the equivalent of Australasian Toona except that it is native to the neo-tropics. Collectively it is usually traded as "Cedro" or "Spanish Cedar." There are four main commercial species.

Entandrophragma is a genus in the Mahogany family with 11 species, native to tropical Africa. Five of the eleven species have timber uses and are traded individually under different trade names.

Toona is a Mahogany family tree native throughout eastern Europe, northern Asia, South East Asia, and Australia. Botanically it is the equivalent of Cedrela which is otherwise native to Central and South America. There are four Toona species (some sources say five), each with their own trade names. Timber from the Asian species are often just called TOON or SURIAN no matter the species. The Australian species is almost always called RED CEDAR.

Khaya is a Mahogany family genus that naturally occurs in tropical and sub-tropical Madagascar, the Comoros and continental Africa. It has five species, four of which are endemic to Africa and the other endemic to Madagascar. All species are collectively traded under the name AFRICAN MAHOGANY. In trade circles, Khaya is the most accepted Mahogany family timber other than Swietenia to be called "mahogany" without qualification.

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