Toona ciliata

• Botanical Name : Toona ciliata M. Roem.
• Synonyms : Cedrela toona Roxb ex Rottler
• Common Name : Indian Mahogany, Red Cedar, Toon Tree, Maha Neem, Kudak, Tooni
• Plant Family : Meliaceae
• Plant Form : Tree
• Occurrence (Special Areas) : Indroda Park

About Toona ciliata Plant :

• Habit : A large, handsome tree.
• Leaves : Abruptly pinnate, leaflets oblique, long, petioled, ovate lanceolate.
• Inflorescence : Drooping panicles.
• Flowers : White, honey-scented. Calyx short, 5-partite, petals 5, broadly elliptic, keeled, stamens 5, disk hairy, orange-coloured, staminodes 0, anthers versatile, ovary hairy, ovoid.
• Fruit : Capsules oblong, septifragal. Seeds winged.
• Flowering and Fruiting Time : February-May        
• Significance :
  • The wood is valuable for furniture.
  • The flowers yield a dye and the bark is used in medicine for diarrhoea and dysentery.