Meliaceae Mahogany is a member of the
tribe that includes 50 genera and 550 species of woody plant. Including large
mahogany trees with tall trees reaching 35-40 m in diameter and reach 125 cm.
Straight trunk cylindrical and not buttress. Blackish brown outer skin, shallow
grooved like scales, while the bark is gray and smooth when young, turning into
dark brown, grooved and flaking after dark. The new mahogany flowering after 7
years old, crown flowers cylindrical, brownish yellow, stamens attached to the
corolla, anthers white, tawny. Fruit boxes, oval, notched five, brown. Seeds
flat, black or brown color. Mahogany can be found growing wild in the forests
of teak and other places close to the coast, or planted by the roadside as
shade trees. Plants originally from the West Indies, can thrive when grown in
brackish sand near the beach.
Mahogany
trees can reduce air pollution by 47% - 69% so-called shade trees as well as
air filters and water catchment areas. Leaves served absorb pollutants in the
vicinity. Instead, the leaves will release oxygen (O2), which makes the surrounding
air to be fresh. When it rains, the soil and the roots of the trees that will
bind water falling, thus becoming water reserves. Mahogany fruit contains
flavonoids and saponins. The fruit has been reported to improve blood
circulation so that people with diseases that cause blockage of blood flow
advised to take this fruit as a remedy, reduce cholesterol, accumulation of fat
in the blood vessels, reduce pain, bleeding and bruising, as well as acting as
antioxidants to eliminate free radicals, prevent disease pestilence, reduce fat
in the body, helps boost the immune system, prevent blood clotting, and
strengthening liver function and slows the blood clotting process.
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