Plant of the Day: Mahogany

Well, this is the picture of my favourite plant-Mahogany. Mahogany is also known as Swietenia mahagoni, and its full name is"West Indian Mahogany" . Actually, it is not this tree that is famous for its quality for wooden furniture. However, it is its seeds (<<) that fascinates me the most.

In our school HCI, this tree is highly existent and easily find the seeds.

Whats so special about the seeds?
Well, when it is dropped from a height, it starts to propel, from here, its understandable that this plant disperses its seeds through wind. Hence mahoganies are always very tall.

Although that the seed can be fascinating, it turned out to be toxic to the human body when consumed even though it was thought to have medicinal value which will lower blood pressure.