If we're talking guitar wood, like backs, sides and necks, it will be the southeast Asian nato or nyatoh (Palaquium spp.), not Mora spp. from the Guyanas.
BTW, the info in red seems to be a combination of both woods.
And like Jeff said, it is not in the Meliaceae or "mahogany family", let alone in the Swietenia genus. So "eastern mahogany" is a rejectable name.
Meranti and lauan (Shorea spp.) are from SE Asia, as well. They are not in the Meliaceae family either, but some of it is sold as "Philippine mahogany". That is bad practice, too.
The mahogany name sells.
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