Flindersia, a sub-genus of Swietenia (Cedrelaceæ), of which F. (S.) senegalensis and F. australis yield timber in their respective countries little inferior to true mahogany (S. Mahagoni), and largely imported as African mahogany, Madeira mahogany, or Calcedra wood.
Flindersia
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 4: Dionysius to Friction, p. 678
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