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'''''Toona sinensis''''' (syn. ''Cedrela sinensis'' A.Juss.; '''Chinese Mahogany''', '''Chinese Toon''', or '''Red Toon'''), is a species of ''[[Toona]]'' native to eastern and southeastern [[Asia]]
 
It is a [[deciduous]] [[tree]] growing to 25 m tall with a trunk up to 70 cm diameter. The [[bark]] is brown, smooth on young trees, becoming scaly to shaggy on old trees. The [[leaf|leaves]] are [[pinnate]], 50–70 cm long and 30–40 cm broad, with 10–40 leaflets, the terminal leaflet usually absent (imparipinnate) but sometimes present; the individual leaflets 9–15 cm long and 2.5–4 cm broad, with an entire or weakly serrated margin. The [[flower]]s are produced in summer in [[panicle]]s 30–50 cm long at the end of a branch; each flower is small, 4–5 mm diameter, with five white or pale pink petals. The [[fruit]] is a [[capsule (fruit)|capsule]] 2–3.5 cm long, containing several winged [[seed]]s.<ref>http://subject.forest.gov.tw/species/twtrees/book5/15.htm</ref>


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 Toona sinensis subsp. var.  Chinese Toon
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Toona sinensis (syn. Cedrela sinensis A.Juss.; Chinese Mahogany, Chinese Toon, or Red Toon), is a species of Toona native to eastern and southeastern Asia

It is a deciduous tree growing to 25 m tall with a trunk up to 70 cm diameter. The bark is brown, smooth on young trees, becoming scaly to shaggy on old trees. The leaves are pinnate, 50–70 cm long and 30–40 cm broad, with 10–40 leaflets, the terminal leaflet usually absent (imparipinnate) but sometimes present; the individual leaflets 9–15 cm long and 2.5–4 cm broad, with an entire or weakly serrated margin. The flowers are produced in summer in panicles 30–50 cm long at the end of a branch; each flower is small, 4–5 mm diameter, with five white or pale pink petals. The fruit is a capsule 2–3.5 cm long, containing several winged seeds.[1]

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