Mahogany is found growing wild in the forests of teak, in places close to the beach or planted on the roadside as a tree protector. These plants come from the West Indies and can thrive in brackish sand near the beach.
Mahogany tree height 5-25 m, the stem is round, much branching, resinous wood and roots upside. Even-pinnate compound leaves. Strands of egg-shaped leaves children, the tip and the base tapering, flat edge, bone pinnate leaves, 3-15 cm long. Young leaves are red, after dark to be green. Compound interest is composed of essays that came out of leaf armpit. Mother flower stalk cylindrical, light brown. Petals off one another, spoon-shaped, green. Cylindrical crown, brownish yellow, the stamens attached to the crown, the head of white stamens and yellow brown. Mahogany flowering after the age of 7 years. The fruit is a fruit box, egg-shaped, five-grooved, brown. Seeds flat, black or brown.
Mahogany contain saponin and flavonoida. Parts used are the dried seeds, then finely ground to a powder. Seeds are used for treatment: high blood pressure (hypertension), diabetes mellitus, no appetite, rheumatism, fever, colds and eczema.
