Mahogany.

Mahogany.

Mahogany is Meliaceae tribal members that include 50 genera and 550 species of woody plant.

Morphology and deployment. 

Including a large mahogany tree with the tree reaching 35-40 m high and reaches a diameter of 125 cm. Trunk straight cylindrical shape and is not buttressed. The outer skin is blackish brown, shallow grooved like scales, while the bark is gray and smooth when young, turning into dark brown, streaked and peeling after the elderly. New mahogany flowering after the age of 7 years, crown flowers cylindrical, brownish yellow, stamens attached to the corolla, anthers white, brownish yellow. Fruit boxes, oval, notched five, the color brown. Seeds flat, black or brown color. Mahogany can be found growing wild in the forests of teak and other places close to the beach, or planted as a roadside tree protector. Plants are originally from the West Indies this, can flourish when grown in brackish sand close to the shore.

Benefits. 

Mahogany trees can reduce air pollution around 47% - 69% so-called shade trees as well as air filters and water catchment areas. Charge leaves absorb pollutants in the vicinity. In contrast, the leaves will release oxygen (O2) which makes the air around it to be fresh. When it rains, the soil and the roots of the trees that will bind the falling water, so that it becomes water reserves. Mahogany fruit contains flavonoids and saponins. The fruit has been reported to improve blood circulation so that the people with diseases that cause blockage of blood flow are advised to take this fruit as a medicine, 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 body fat, help boost the immune system, prevent blood clotting, and strengthen liver function and slow the clotting process.

Mahogany as a roadside. 

Mahogany nature that can survive in arid land makes it suitable tree planted by the roadside. For residents of Indonesia especially Java, this plant is not a new plant, because since the Dutch colonial era mahogany and colleagues, Tamarind Tree, has been widely planted as a shade on the side of the road, especially along roads built by Daendels between Anyer to Panarukan. Since the last 20 years, the plant began to be cultivated as mahogany wood has a fairly high economic value. The quality of wood is hard and very good for furniture, furniture, carved items and handicrafts. Often also made ​​a ruler because it is not easily changed. Quality mahogany, teak wood is slightly below that is often dubbed as the belle of the second in the timber market. Other uses of the plant mahogany is used to dye skin clothing. The cloth is boiled with mahogany skin will be yellow and not easy to fade, while the mahogany sap called blendok also can be used as raw material glue, and leaf mahogany for animal feed.
Mahogany seed extract can also be used as botanical pesticides to control pests on cabbage, ie Plutella xylostella and Crocidolomia binolalis especially when the pest is at the larval stage. The use of botanical insecticides is one of the alternative control aimed at reducing the negative impact of the use of synthetic insecticides are not wise.

Growing Conditions. 

Mahogany can thrive in brackish sand close to the beach and liked the place enough direct sunlight. These plants include the type of plants that can survive in arid land though. Although not watered for months, mahogany is still able to survive. Terms locations for the cultivation of mahogany include a maximum land elevation of 1,500 meters above sea level, rainfall 1524-5085 mm / year, and the air temperature 11-36 C.
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DatePublished: September 1st, 2014 at 14:34

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