the philosophy Mahogany tree

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The mahogany plant is an annual plant, with an average height of 5 - 25 m (some even over 30 m), rooted with round stems, numerous branching, and gummy wood. The leaves are compound leaves, even pinnate, leaf blobs are round, the tip and the base of the pointed leaves, the edges of the leaves are flat, the pinnate bone with a leaf length of 3-15 cm. Young leaves are red and after old jreng .. jreng .. not magic is not magic, turned green.

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Mahogany flower is a compound interest, arranged in a composition that comes out of the leaf's armpits. Mother cylindrical flower stalk, light brown. The flower petals off each other with a spoon-like shape, green in color. Crown of cylindrical flowers, brownish yellow. Stamens are attached to the crown. Head saris are white / yellow brown. This new mahogany plant will bloom after the age of 7 or 8 years. After flowering, the next step is to bear fruit. Mahogany fruit is a fruit box with a five rounded groovy shape. When the fruit is still cute green, and after the big brown. Inside the fruit there is a flat-shaped seed with a slightly thick tip and the color is blackish brown. The fruit is already old age aka old fruit skin will break by itself and the flat seeds will be freely flying where the wind blows. When falling to a suitable soil will grow into a new generation mahogany plant

• Terms of Growth and Propagation
  This mahogany plant is a tropical plant and many are found growing wild in the teak forests and other places close to the beach. These plants can grow fertile in the brackish sand near the shore. This plant likes a place that is enough direct sunlight (not shaded). This plant belongs to a resilient type of plant, meaning ... life-sustaining in arid soil. Although not watered for months, mahogany is still able to survive. Location requirements for mahogany cultivation include maximum height of 1,500 meters above sea level, rainfall 1,524-5,085 mm / year, and air temperature 11-36 C. Propagation of plants can be done with seeds, can also with grafts or grafting. For mahogany plants that will be used as medicinal plants, it should not be given chemical fertilizers (inorganic) or pesticides. Location conditions for mahogany cultivation include maximum height of 1,500 meters above sea level, rainfall 1,524-5,085 mm / year, and air temperature 11 -36 C.

• Utilization&nbsp
  Mahogany plants are found on the roadsides as a protective tree. Large trees suitable for shelter. Besides, because of its heat-proof nature in arid soil, this plant still survive the edge of the road in some areas. For the population of Indonesia, especially Java, this plant is not new, because since the Dutch colonial era mahogany and his colleagues, asan tree, has been widely planted on the road as a shelter, especially along the street Daendels (from Merak to Banyuwangi). And since the last 20 years, the mahogany plant began to be cultivated because the wood has a high economic value. Wood quality is hard and excellent for furniture, furniture, carving and handicraft items. Often also made a ruler because it is not easily changed. The quality of mahogany wood is slightly under the teak wood so often dubbed as the second prima donna (primadona main tetep teak donk ..).

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For the old mahogany the wood is brownish red. There are several types of mahogany: small leafed mahogany (Swietenia mahagoni) and large leaf mahogany (Swietenia macrophilea). Swietenia mahagoni wood quality is better than Swietenia macrophilea. While the excess Swietenia macrophilea is faster growing into large and wooden plates. Another use of mahogany plants is the skin is used to dye clothes. Fabrics boiled with mahogany skin will turn yellow and wantek (not faded). While the mahogany sap is also called blendok can be used as raw material glue (adhesive), and mahogany leaves for animal feed.

Utilization of mahogany as a drug has been since the 70s. What is taken is the seeds. At that time the way of consumption is still simple (without being processed) ie by swallowing the seeds directly after removing the flat part. It is said that many diseases are blurred after being treated with these mahogany seeds. But it's a bitter bit complained. Today in line with the motto of back to nature, treatment with materials from nature began a lot of ogled. Humans began to more creatively cultivate materials from nature that will be used as medicine. Mahogany seeds as raw material is dried first and then finely ground into powder.

• Description of fruits and seeds
  Fruit: dry brown, generally capsule-shaped eavesdropped 5, hard, 12-15 (-22) cm long, brown, fine gray or. The outside of the fruit is hardened, the thickness of 5-7 mm inner parts is thinner. In the center of the hardened like wood, a column with 5 angles that extends to the end. The fruit will break from the tip or base at the time of cooking and drying. The seeds stick to the columella through its wings, leaving marked marks after the seeds are released. Generally every fruit there are 35 -45 seeds. Seed: brown, oval solid, top length extends into wings, reaches 7.5-15 cm long with extensive air spaces. Seeds are spread by the wind. Number of seeds 1800-2500 per kg.

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* Flowering and fertilization Flowers are one and one house. Pollination is done by insects. Hybridization often occurs primarily with S. mahagoni when the species grows together. Usually only one being the fruit, the other is dead. The formation of flowers until the ripe fruit takes 9-12 months. Flowering period and fruit occur every year from the age of 10-15 years but the formation of the fruit will decreases when the pollinator is reduced. A long time in fruit formation allows to estimate the results each month prior to the collection of results. Usually flowering occurs when the tree drops the leaves or when the new leaves begin to appear just before the rainy season.[1]

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