Taxon: Toona sinensis (A. Juss.) M. Roem.

Common names:

• red toon   (Source: F Ceylon ) – English
  
• xiang chun   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• suren   (Source: Pl Res SEAs 5(2):498) – Indonesian
  

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental; shade/shelter   (fide Pl Book; F Males)
  
• Human food: vegetable   (fide F ChinaEng)
  
• Materials: wood   (fide Pl Book; F Males; F ChinaEng)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide F ChinaEng)
  

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China - Anhui, Fujian, Gansu [s.], Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi [s.], Sichuan, Xizang [s.e.], Yunnan, Zhejiang
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: Bhutan; India - Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh; Nepal; Pakistan
  Indo-China: Laos; Myanmar; Thailand
  Malesia: Indonesia - Java, Sumatra; Malaysia - Pahang, Perak, Sabah

References:

• Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980–. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. (F Ceylon) [mentions].
• Lemmens, R. H. M. J. et al., eds. 1995. Timber trees: minor commercial timbers. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). (Pl Res SEAs) 5(2):498.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
• Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993–. Flora of India. (F India)
• Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948–. Flora malesiana. (F Males)
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition). (F ChinaEng)

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Toona sinensis.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Toona sinensis. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Cedrela sinensis A. Juss. (basionym)
  (previously associated with 4 accessions)

Check other databases for Toona sinensis (A. Juss.) M. Roem.:

• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• 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.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• 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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