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

• the 4 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

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

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Pl Book)
  
• Environmental: shade/shelter   (fide Pl Book)
  
• 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

• 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).
• Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980–. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. [mentions].
• 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):498.
• Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993–. Flora of India.
• Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948–. Flora malesiana.
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Toona sinensis.

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

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Toona sinensis.

Synonyms:

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

Check other web resources 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.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• 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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