Taxon: Toona ciliata M. Roem.

• the 15 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• Australian red-cedar   (Source: F Ceylon ) – English
  
• Australian-cedar   (Source: Ency WTimber ) – English
  
• red-cedar   (Source: Ency WTimber ) – English
  
• toon   (Source: Websters Dict [as Cedrela toona]) – English
  
• toontree   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – English
  
• toonboom   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – Afrikaans
  
• hong chun   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• toon   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Zander ed13)
  
• Environmental: shade/shelter   (fide Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Animal food: fodder   (fide F ChinaEng)
  
• Materials: tannin/dyestuff   (for dye fide Pl Res SEAs 5(2):497. 1995)
  
• Materials: wood   (timber fide Ency WTimber)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide F ChinaEng)
  
• Weed   (fide Invasive Pl Spec; Weeds SAfr 2001)
  

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View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Afghanistan
  China: China - Guangdong, Hainan, Sichuan, Yunnan
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: Bangladesh; Bhutan; India; Nepal; Pakistan; Sri Lanka
  Indo-China: Cambodia; Laos; Myanmar; Thailand
  Malesia: Indonesia; Malaysia; Papua New Guinea; Philippines
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia - New South Wales [e.], Queensland

• AFRICA
  Southern Africa: South Africa
  Western Indian Ocean: Seychelles
• PACIFIC
  North-Central Pacific: United States - Hawaii
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Caribbean: West Indies
  Mesoamerica: Central America
  South America [tropical]

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62.
• Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature.
• Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980–. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. [mentions].
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
• Hara, H. et al. 1978–1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
• Harden, G. J., ed. 1990–1993. Flora of New South Wales.
• Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12.
• Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
• Lemmens, R. H. M. J. et al., eds. 1995. Timber trees: minor commercial timbers. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 5(2):497.
• Luna, R. K. 1996. Plantation trees.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Saldanha, C. J. & D. H. Nicolson. 1976. Flora of Hassan district.
• Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993–. Flora of India.
• Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948–. Flora malesiana.
• Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa. [cult. & natzd.].
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds.
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).
• Webster's third new international dictionary. [= Cedrela toona].

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Toona ciliata.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Toona ciliata.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Toona ciliata.

Synonyms:

• (=) Cedrela toona Roxb. ex Willd.
  (previously associated with 8 accessions)
• (=) Cedrela velutina DC.
  
• (=) Toona australis (Kuntze) Harms
  

Check other web resources for Toona ciliata M. Roem.:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Embryo drawing: U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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