Toona ciliata M. Roem.

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Photo: Bart Wursten
Greystone Park NR

Photo: Bart Wursten
Mukuvisi Woodland, office area

Photo: Bart Wursten
Bunker's Hill, Harare

Synonyms:	Cedrela toona Roxb. ex Rottb. & Willd.
Common names:	Cedrela (English) Toon tree (English)
Frequency:	Locally common.
Status:	Introduced
Description:	Tree to 25 m. Leaflets 10-24, lanceolate or lanceolate-elliptic, up to 15 × 5 cm, tapering from near the base to the long narrow attenuate-acuminate apex. Petiolules c.5 mm. Pockets of hairs (domatia) present in the axils of the lower lateral nerves on the lower surface. Capsule 1.5-2 cm.
Notes:	Commonly cultivated in gardens and as a street tree and frequently escaping into wild areas.
Derivation of specific name:	ciliata: fringed with hairs; ciliate
Habitat:	On waste ground and in damp places e.g. along stream sides and river banks.
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution:	Asia and Australia
Zimbabwe distribution:	N,C
Endemic status:
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Insects (whose larvae eat this species):
Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Literature:

Flora of Zimbabwe: native/naturalised Toona ciliata page
African Plant Database: Toona ciliata
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Toona ciliata
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Toona ciliata
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Toona ciliata
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Toona ciliata
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Toona ciliata
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Toona ciliata
JSTOR Plant Science: Toona ciliata
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Toona ciliata
Tropicos: Toona ciliata
West African Plants database: Toona ciliata