Mahogany

(Mahagoni Swietenia Jacq.)

Tribe: Meliaceae

Description
These plants bersal of the West Indies and can thrive in brackish sand near the beach. Tree, 5-25 m tall, stem round, many ramifications, the wood sap, and roots heels. Even pinnate compound leaf. Strand child oval leaves, pointed tip and base, the flat, bone pinnate, 3-15 cm long. The young leaves after a dark red to green. Mahogany flowering after the age of 7 years. fruit fruit box, an oval, five-grooved, brown. Seeds flat, black or brown. Mahogany can be propagated by seeds.

Chemical Ingredients
Mahogany contain saponins and flavonoida.

Example Usage

• High blood pressure
Drain 8 g of fresh mahogany seeds, milled until smooth. brewed with a glass of hot water. after cold water is filtered and the filter is divided 2 parts. for the treatment of drinking this concoction in the morning and evening.

• Diabetes
Brewed ½ teaspoons of mahogany seeds powder with 1 / 3 cup hot water. Drink while warm, 30 minutes before eating. do 2-3 times a day.

• Fever, in the wind
Brewed ½ teaspoons of mahogany seeds powder with ¼ cup hot water. While warm, add 1 tablespoon of honey, stirring well and drink well. do 2-3 times a day.

• Rheumatism, eczema
Brewed ½ teaspoons of mahogany seeds powder with ½ cup hot water. while warm add 1 tablespoon of honey, stir and drink at once. Do it 2-3 times a day.