Toona ciliata M. Roem.

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Toona ciliata

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Greystone Park NR

Toona ciliata

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Mukuvisi Woodland, office area

Toona ciliata

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Bunker's Hill, Harare

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Synonyms: Cedrela toona Roxb. ex Rottler & Willd.
Toona australis (F. Muell.) Harms
Toona microcarpa (C. DC.) Harms
Common names: Cedrela (English) Indian mahogany (English) Red cedar (English) Toon tree (English)
Frequency: Locally common.
Status: Introduced
Description:
Tree to 25 m. Leaves usually paripinnate, occasionally imparipinnate. Leaflets 10-14 pairs, 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.
Altitude range: (metres)
Flowering time:Sep-Oct
Worldwide distribution: Asia and Australia
Zimbabwe distribution: N,C
Growth form(s): Tree.
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Literature:

Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 249.

Glen, H.F. (2002). Cultivated Plants of Southern Africa. Jacana, Johannesburg, South Africa. Page 217.

Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 62.


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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Toona ciliata.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=133430, retrieved 28 March 2024

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