Species of true mahogany originally native to southern North America, Central and South America, including Mexico, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Belize, Peru, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Dominica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Martinique, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, and the Grenadines. It is now an endangered species threatened by habitat loss, and thus not harvested legally in its native areas; it has been introduced for cultivation in Asia, where it may become an invasive species.
