Herbarium JCB

Toona ciliata Roemer

Family : MELIACEAE
(MAHOGANY FAMILY OR NEEM FAMILY)
Family (as per The Plant List) : Meliaceae
Species : Toona ciliata
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Toona ciliata M.Roem.
Common name : Moulmin Cedar, The Toon Tree, Indian Mahogany Tree, Sandal Neem, Red Cedar
Vernacular name : Toon, Toon ka ped (Hin.); Ganda garike, Kempu ganda garike (Kan.); Santhana vembu (Tam.); Gaali chettu, Nandi chettu (Tel.); Nadi vruksha (San.)
Key identification features : A large handsome evergreen tree with a dense spreading crown. Bark is exfoliating. Leaves are compound, alternate, with large leaflets. Flowers are up to a cm long, fragrant and borne on large drooping terminal panicles. They are unisexual, both male and female flowers appearing on the same tree. Fruit is 2-3 cm. long, five lobed and star-like on dehiscence. Seeds are winged.
Habit : Tree
Flower, Fruit : March-October
Comments : Occasional on hills above 900 m.
Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
Distribution Locality : Shevaroy Hills (Salem district), Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Yelagiri Hills (Vellore district, former North Arcot) (Tamil Nadu State); East Godavari district, Chintapalli Hills, Anantagiri Hills, Galikonda Hills (Visakhapatnam district) (Andhra Pradesh State); Puri district, Cuttack district, Mahendragiri Hills (Ganjam district), Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district) (Odisha State)
World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Myanmar, Nepal, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Australia
Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1 ; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.; Rao, J.P., O.A. Kumar & M. Venkaiah (2015). Tree additions to the flora of East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 7(12): 7953-7957.
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Toona ciliata. Downloaded on 4 July 2024.