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Taxon:  Toona ciliata M. Roem.



Summary
Genus:
Toona
Family:
Meliaceae
Nomen number:
36753
Place of publication:
Fam. nat. syn. monogr. 1:139. 1846
Verified:
07/25/2008 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cedrela toona Roxb. ex Willd.
Cedrela velutina DC.
Toona australis (Kuntze) Harms
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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
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  3. Boutelje, J. B. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. 1980
  4. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. 1980-
  5. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
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Common names
English
Australian red-cedar –
Australian-cedar –
red-cedar –
toon –
toontree –
Afrikaans
toonboom –
Swedish
toon –
Transcribed Chinese
hong chun –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangdong 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHainan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaSichuan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaAfghanistan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBangladesh  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBhutan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaCambodia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaLaos  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPapua New Guinea  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNew South Wales 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueensland 
2Cultivated     
4NaturalizedAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth Africa  
4NaturalizedAfricaWestern Indian OceanSeychelles  
4NaturalizedPacificNorth-Central PacificUnited StatesHawaii 
4NaturalizedSouthern America South America  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanWest Indies  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaMesoamericaCentral America  
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Guangdong, Hainan, Sichuan, Yunnan]
  • WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan
  • INDO-CHINA: Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, Queensland]
Cultivated ()
Naturalized
Africa
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Seychelles
Pacific
  • NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
Southern America
  • REGION: South America
  • CARIBBEAN: West Indies
  • MESOAMERICA: Central America
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodfodder Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994-
Environmentalornamental Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
Environmentalshade/shelter Weber, E. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. 2003
Materialstannin/dyestuff Lemmens, R. H. M. J. et al., eds. 1995. Timber trees: minor commercial timbers. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 5(2):497.
Materialswood Boutelje, J. B. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. 1980
Medicinesfolklore Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994-
Weed  Weber, E. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. 2003
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=36753. Accessed 13 September 2025.


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