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  1. Family: Meliaceae Juss.
    1. Genus: Toona M.Roem.

      1. Toona sinensis (Juss.) M.Roem.

        This species is accepted, and its native range is Indian Subcontinent to Central & S. China and Peninsula Malaysia.

    [FTEA]

    Meliaceae, Styles & F. White (Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford). Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1991

    Habit
    Tree up to 30 m. tall; bark rough, brownish black, deeply fissured.
    Leaves
    Leaflets 18–40, serrate, narrowly oblong or oblong-lanceolate, up to 20 × 4 cm., apex acuminate, base obliquely rounded, very asymmetric; midrib often reddish; proximal lateral nerves on lower surface with minute deltate axillary pockets (domatia) with minute apical hairs.
    Inflorescences
    Inflorescence pendulous, up to 90 cm. long.
    Fruits
    Capsule larger and coarser than in T. ciliata ± 2.5 cm. long; valves smooth or sometimes with small, inconspicuous lenticels.
    Figures
    Fig. 13/13–16, p. 44.
    Distribution
    U2 Cultivated in Uganda and Tanzania as an avenue tree and in windbreaks and plantationsnative of the Himalayas

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    Distribution

    Native to:

    China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam

    Introduced into:

    Afghanistan, Korea, Maryland, Tanzania, Uganda

    Synonyms

    Other Data

    Toona sinensis (Juss.) M.Roem. appears in other Kew resources:

    Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
    Mar 1, 2000 Royle, J.F. [s.n.], India K000657855 lectotype
    Mar 1, 2000 Royle, J.F. [s.n.], India K000657856 lectotype
    Feb 1, 2000 Teysmann [s.n.], Sumatera K000657849 isotype
    Henry, A. [3657], Hubei Toona sinensis var. hupehana K000657873 isotype
    Cheek, M., Madagascar Toona serrata 70000.003

    Bibliography

    First published in Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 1: 139 (1846)

    Accepted by

    • Longbottom, W.D., Naczi, R.F.C. & Knapp, W.M. (2016). Flowering plant species new to Delaware and Maryland Bartonia 69: 1-19.
    • Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
    • Wongprasert, T., Phengklai, C. & Boonthavikoon, T. (2011). A synoptic account of the Meliaceae of Thailand Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) 39: 210-266.
    • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2008). Flora of China 11: 1-622. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
    • Newman, M., Ketphanh, S., Svengsuksa, B., Thomas, P., Sengdala, K., Lamxay, V. & Armstrong, K. (2007). A checklist of the vascular plants of Lao PDR: 1-394. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
    • Lê, T.C. (2003). Danh l?c các loài th?c v?t Vi?t Nam 2: 1-1203. Hà N?i : Nhà xu?t b?n Nông nghi?p.
    • Turner, I.M. (1995). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(1): 1-346.

    Literature

    Kew Backbone Distributions

    • Longbottom, W.D., Naczi, R.F.C. & Knapp, W.M. (2016). Flowering plant species new to Delaware and Maryland Bartonia 69: 1-19.
    • Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
    • Wongprasert, T., Phengklai, C. & Boonthavikoon, T. (2011). A synoptic account of the Meliaceae of Thailand Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) 39: 210-266.
    • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2008). Flora of China 11: 1-622. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
    • Newman, M., Ketphanh, S., Svengsuksa, B., Thomas, P., Sengdala, K., Lamxay, V. & Armstrong, K. (2007). A checklist of the vascular plants of Lao PDR: 1-394. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
    • Lê, T.C. (2003). Danh l?c các loài th?c v?t Vi?t Nam 2: 1-1203. Hà N?i : Nhà xu?t b?n Nông nghi?p.
    • Styles, B.T. & White, F. (1991). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Meliaceae: 1-67.
    • Broicz, K. (1982). Flora Iranica 153: 1-15. Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, Graz.

    Sources

    Flora of Tropical East Africa
    Flora of Tropical East Africa
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    Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
    'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
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    Kew Backbone Distributions
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2020. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

    Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2020. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

    Kew Science Photographs
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    Wood Anatomy Microscope Slides
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