AusBonsai

I just noticed that the Mahogany tree near my house is caring seed balls. Has anybody tried to grow Mahogany from seeds.
While we are at the topic, we have this awesome Bogor botanical Garden where plenty of seeds are stored and available, 20 years back an Australian friend bought a lot of seeds there and took them home (mostly palms). I believe getting them into Australia nowadays may be a problem. I will go up there in due time to check whats available, can't hurt to put some into an envelope and send them across .
Any suggestion what to take on tropical seeds is welcomed.

About the garden.
It covers an area of 87 hectares (210 acres) and contains 13,983 different kinds of trees and plants of various origin and was founded in 1817 by the order of the government of the Dutch East Indies.

can't hurt to put some into an envelope and send them across

It can hurt. It can hurt a lot when new pests and diseases come into Australia with illegal seed. Several really nasty pests and Myrtle Rust have come to Australia in the last 10 years and caused real problems with both native and crop plants. Our quarantine laws are there for a reason - to stop new pests coming in.

Please Please Please do not send unauthorised seed to anyone in Australia.

shibui wrote:

can't hurt to put some into an envelope and send them across

It can hurt. It can hurt a lot when new pests and diseases come into Australia with illegal seed. Several really nasty pests and Myrtle Rust have come to Australia in the last 10 years and caused real problems with both native and crop plants. Our quarantine laws are there for a reason - to stop new pests coming in.

Please Please Please do not send unauthorised seed to anyone in Australia.

I would like to second this. The selfish act of one person (by-passing our quarantine service) can lead to massive plant and animal death and enormous financial loss to primary producers. Australians are pretty sensitive about imported pests as there is a long list of introductions (both deliberate and accidental) which have devastated our natural environment.
Please don't take this personally, Andreas, as I understand few other countries have anything like our restrictions, but few other countries have anything like our unique fauna and flora.