Toona ciliata M. Roem.
| Kannada Name : | - |
| Common Name : | Red cedar |
| Family Name : | Meliaceae |
| Scientific Name : | Toona ciliata |
| Species Type : | Exotic |
| Phenology : | Deciduous |
| Conservation Status : | Least concern |
| Flowering Period : | February - May |
| Fruiting Period : | September - November |
| Origin : | Australia, Papua New Guinea |
Uses
The bark is a powerful astringent, febrifuge, tonic, and antiperiodic. It is used to treat chronic dysentery and wounds. A resinous gum obtained from the bark is used to treat boils. The flowers are emmenagogue
Description
Semi-deciduous trees, up to 30 m high, bark reddish-brown, rough, exfoliating in large flakes; fibrous; blaze pink red with white streaks and strong smell. Leaves paripinnate, alternate, clustered at the tips of branchlets; leaflets 10‐14 pairs opposite or subopposite, ovate, ovate-lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, chartaceous, glossy above, pale beneath, base oblique, apex acuminate, margin entire or serrate. Inflorescence an axillary or terminal panicle. Flowers bisexual, white. Fruit a capsule, 5-valved; seeds many, oblong, thin, winged at both ends.
