Toona

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Sapindales

Familia: Meliaceae
Subfamilia: Cedreloideae
Genus: Toona
Species: T. australis – T. calantas – T. ciliata – T. fargesii – T. febrifuga – T. glabra – T. hainesii – T. hexandra – T. inodora – T. kingii – T. longifolia – T. mannii – T. microcarpa – T. mollis – T. paucijuga – T. philippinensis – T. rubriflora – T. serrata – T. serrulata – T. sinensis – T. sureni – T. ternatensis – T. velutina – T. villosa
Name

Toona M.Roem., 1846: 139
References

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Toona. .

Vernacular names
suomi: Toonapuut

Toona, commonly known as redcedar,[2] toon (also spelled tun) or toona, tooni (in India) is a genus in the mahogany family, Meliaceae, native from Afghanistan south to India, and east to North Korea, Papua New Guinea and eastern Australia.[3] In older texts, the genus was often incorporated within a wider circumscription of the related genus Cedrela, but that genus is now restricted to species from the Americas.

Uses
Chinese Toon tree (Toona sinensis)
Ornamental use

Toona sinensis is of interest as by far the most cold-tolerant species in the Meliaceae, native in China as far north as 40°N in the Beijing area, where its tender shoots, called xiangchun (Chinese: 香椿; pinyin: xiāngchūn), are a traditional local leaf vegetable. It is the only member of the family that can be cultivated successfully in northern Europe, where it is sometimes planted as an ornamental tree in parks and avenues. Until recently, it had no widespread English common name, though Chinese Mahogany (reflecting its botanical relationship) is now used (e.g. Rushforth 1999).[4]
Wood source

Toona ciliata is an important timber tree. It provides a valuable hardwood used for furniture, ornamental panelling, shipbuilding, and musical instruments like the sitar, rudra veena, and drums. Due to the restrictions in recent years on the use of natively-grown American mahogany,[5] it has become one of the common mahogany replacements in electric guitar manufacturing.
Medicinal and culinary uses

Toona sinensis is used in Chinese traditional medicine and eaten as a vegetable or sauce in China (leaves and shoots).
Species

The following include accepted species in the Plant List:

Toona australis (F. Muell.) Harms
Toona calantas Merr. & Rolfe – kalantas, Philippine mahogany, Philippine cedar[6]
Toona ciliata M.Roem. (syn. T. australis) – Australian red cedar, Indian mahogany[7]
Toona fargesii A. Chev. – hong hua xiang chun[8]
Toona sinensis (A.Juss.) M.Roem. – Chinese mahogany or Chinese toon
Toona sureni (Blume) Merr. (syn. T. febrifuga) – Suren,, Indonesian mahogany, Vietnamese mahogany[9]

References

"Genus: Toona (Endl.) M. Roem". Germplasm Resources Information Network. 1996-09-17. Archived from the original on 2012-10-11. Retrieved 2011-04-21.
"Toona". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
Mabberley, David (2008). Mabberley's Plant-Book (3 ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 863. ISBN 978-0-521-82071-4.
Rushforth, K. (1999). Trees of Britain and Europe. London: HarperCollins.
http://www.cites.org/eng/prog/mwg.php
ASEAN Tropical Plant Database. "Toona calantas Merr. & Rolfe". National Institute of Environmental Research, Republic of Korea. Archived from the original on December 11, 2013. Retrieved December 12, 2013.
"Toona ciliata Roem". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved December 12, 2013.
"Tropicos".
"GRIN Species Records of Toona". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2011-04-21.