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<DIV>Hello, Cuban Mahogany (Sweietenia mahogoni) is an endangered species. Whatever it's medicinal value, there are bound to be more approproiate substitutes. Why not plant the seeds rather than consume them?</DIV>
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<DIV>CITES regulates international trade in animal and plant <A href="http://international.fws.gov/permits/web%20list%20cites.htm">species listed</A> in one of three appendices. The Parties have agreed to criteria and guidance for amending <A href="http://www.cites.org/eng/resols/9/9_24.shtml">Appendices I and II</A>, and guidance for including a species in <A href="http://www.cites.org/eng/resols/9/9_25.shtml">Appendix III</A>. The Parties have also adopted a <A href="http://www.cites.org/eng/resols/10/10_13.shtml">resolution</A> on CITES and timber species. The Parties agreed that before introducing a proposal to list a tree species in CITES, the proposing country should consult with other <A href="http://citestimber.fws.gov/timber/relatedsites.html">international organizations</A> with competence on timber and forestry issues. They also agreed that any proposal to include timber in Appendix II or III should indicate what parts and derivatives of that species will be regulated (see CITES Annotations column on table below for <A href="http://citestimber.fws.gov/timber/treespecies.html#appii">Appendix-II</A> and <A href="http://citestimber.fws.gov/timber/treespecies.html#appiii">-III</A> species). Not all CITES-listed tree species are traded as timber; some are traded as medicinal or hotricultural specimens (for example, <EM>Taxus</EM> and palms)</DIV></BODY></HTML>