Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Meliaceae | Genus: Toona | Species: Toona ciliata M.Roem. |
Habit |
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Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Cedrela microcarpa C.DC., Cedrela serrulata Miq. |
Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Nandi, Tun, Nandik,Tunna | Flower Type | Panicle |
| English / Trade Name | Indian cedar,Indian mahogany,Quensland red cedar,Red cedar, | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Tairel | Fruiting Period | April-June |
| Altitude | Up to 1500m | Fruit Type | Capsule |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit dark brown, 1.8-2.5 x0.5-0.8 cm, oblng, usaly smoth outside, sometimes parsely enticelate |
| Habitat | Occurs in banks of streams and evn swamps and also cultivated | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | India,Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Malysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philpines, Thailnd, Vietnam | Bark Details | Bark dark grey or redish-brown, smoth up tomidle age, afterwards rough, with salow reticulate cracks exfoliatng inregular wody scales |
| Distribution in manipur | Eastern | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | It is a large deciduous tree with a spreading crown, commonly attaining a height of 20-30 m and a girth of 1.8-3 m | Leaf Details | Leaves 30-50 cm long, on young tres upto 90 cm long, usaly imparipnate, sometimes paripnate bythe abortin ofthe trminal leaflet; leaflets 1-29, oposite oralternate, 5-15 x2-6 cm |
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