Bark
Thin, dark grey to reddish-brown; smooth when young, becoming rough and exfoliating in irregular scales with age.
Toona ciliata
Syn. Cedrela toona
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
(LC)
Local name
- Indian Mahogany (English)
- Toon (Hindi)
- Tunnak (Sanskrit)
Tree type
Evergreen
Deciduous
Family: Meliaceae
45m
Indicated uses
Medicinal
Edible
Ornamental
Avenue
Other
Flowering & fruiting
Flowering
Fruiting
Key characters
Leaves
Alternate, pinnate, consisting of five to seventeen leaflets. Leaflets opposite or irregularly alternate, ovate-lanceolate, 4–13 cm long, often drawn out to a long point at the tip, unequal at the base.
Flower
White, fragrant, in a large pyramidal panicle at the ends of the branchlets. Individual flowers about 5 mm long.
Fruit / Seeds
A woody 4–5-valved capsule, ovate-oblong, about 1.5–3 cm long.
Did you know?
The genus Toona comes from ‘toon’ or ‘tun’, the Indian name for this plant. The specific epithet ciliata refers to the pubescence (hairiness) of the floral filaments and leaves.
Distribution
S. China to Tropical Asia and E. Australia, Afghanistan, Kenya, Tanzania