Mahogany, a pillar of the rainforest, needs support (commentary)

Mongabay
Jun 14, 2022, 9:21 pm220 pts
Mahogany is everything you would want in a tree: tall and majestic, with leaves up to half a meter wide that cast cooling shade on the forest floor below. It is a towering pillar of many tropical forests, and even tree plantations in the Philippines, but the commercial value of its reddish-brown wood, renowned…

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