Mahogany (Engl.)Mahogany (Engl.)

Mahogany (Engl.)Mahogany (Engl.)

Swietenia macrophylla King

Respiratory

Tree Height: Not Provided Leaves: Leaves- alternate, smooth, compound Flowers: Flowers are greenish yellow, borne in axillary panicles shorter than the foliage. Fruits: Fruit is large, cylindrical, barrel-shaped, woody, grayish-brown, rough.

Medicinal Uses & Benefits

Sakit buntuk (Headache). Preparation: Sakit buntuk - Kumang butul na ning mahogani tsaka ya kayasan gawan yang balamung tabletang panulu (Get a Mahogani seed and grind to make it like a medicine pill). Part used: Seed | Cholesterol. Preparation: Cholesterol - Kumang butul na ning mahogani tsaka ya kayasan gawan yang balamung tabletang panulu (Get a Mahogani seed and grind to make it like a medicine pill). Part used: Seed | Malanging kuku (Dry cough). Preparation: Dry cough - Kumang butul na ning mahogani tsaka ya kayasan gawan yang balamung tabletang panulu (Get a Mahogani seed and grind to make it like a medicine pill). Part used: Seed | Cancer. Preparation: Cancer– Pabukal ing kasakmal a bulung na ning Mahogani, Saging ampong Guyabano ampong amut na ning ilib keng metung litrung danum kilub na ning 40 minutus (Boil a handful of leaves of mahogany in combination with leaves of saging, guyabano and roots of Ilib, in 1L of water for 40 minutes).. Part used: Leaves - Mahogani, Saging, Guyabano Roots- Ilib

Preparation

Sakit buntuk - Kumang butul na ning mahogani tsaka ya kayasan gawan yang balamung tabletang panulu (Get a Mahogani seed and grind to make it like a medicine pill) | Cholesterol - Kumang butul na ning mahogani tsaka ya kayasan gawan yang balamung tabletang panulu (Get a Mahogani seed and grind to make it like a medicine pill) | Dry cough - Kumang butul na ning mahogani tsaka ya kayasan gawan yang balamung tabletang panulu (Get a Mahogani seed and grind to make it like a medicine pill) | Cancer– Pabukal ing kasakmal a bulung na ning Mahogani, Saging ampong Guyabano ampong amut na ning ilib keng metung litrung danum kilub na ning 40 minutus (Boil a handful of leaves of mahogany in combination with leaves of saging, guyabano and roots of Ilib, in 1L of water for 40 minutes).

Location & Habitat

REGION III (CENTRAL LUZON), PAMPANGA, FLORIDABLANCA, Terrestrial

Research

Pampanga State Agricultural University: Documentation of Traditonal Knowledge and Practices on Health and Development of a Traditional Knowledge Digital Library on Health among Ayta Communities in Pampanga

Additional Images

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Quick Info

Scientific Name
Swietenia macrophylla King
Local Name
Mahogany (Engl.)Mahogany (Engl.)
Family
Meliaceae
Category
Respiratory
Collected By
Villanueva, SY Ramos, JI Serrano, JC
Date Collected
Feb 04, 2020