Toon, Indian cedar, Toona ciliata
Toon or Indian cedar ( Toona ciliata , family: M eliaceae) is a medium-sized fa st growing deciduous tree with large branches. The tree from the Mahogany family is found throughout South and southeast Asia and Australia. Common names: Toon, Toona, Red cedar, Indian cedar, Indian mahogany . Leaves are compound ( 10-14 pairs of leaflets), lanceolate with sharp end. Leaflet is 5-25 cm long and 3-5 cm wide with slightly wavy edges. Flowers are small, tubularin-shaped, white and terminal. There are orange-red gland at the centre of every flower. Flowers are pentamerous, bisexual. Flower blooms in February-March. The fruit is a capsule. Seed has five wings. Leaf, bark, stem, f ruit are used in bronchitis, gastric troubles, dysentery, burning sensation, headache and leucoderma. Powder of bark is used for dysentery and fever. A kind of mixtu...