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Accession Data:

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

  • Common Name: Chinese Mahogany, Beef-and-Onion Tree
  • Family: Meliaceae Juss.
  • Synonym(s): Cedrela sinensis Juss.

  • Country of Origin: East Asia to Nepal and northeast India

  • Description: Hard, reddish wood is valuable as a replacement for mahogany; young leaves are used as a vegetable.

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 202300060
  • Source: ex hort. from seeds
  • Accession Date: 04-06-2023
  • Bench: 2303 - Temperate Asia - Low
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 06-20-2024

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid II
  • Order: Sapindales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Meliaceae
  • SubFamily: Cedreloideae
  • Tribe: Cedreleae
  • SubTribe:

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Current Accessions in the Meliaceae

Subfamily Cedreloideae

  • Swietenia mahogani

Subfamily Cedreloideae
Tribe Cedreleae

  • Toona sinensis

Subfamily Melioideae

  • Aglaia odorata
  • Guarea kunthiana W/C

Subfamily Melioideae
Tribe Melieae

  • Melia azedarach

Subfamily Melioideae
Tribe Turraeeae

  • Turraea floribunda
W/C = Wild Collected
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