Sandal Neem
Toona ciliata
Also known as Toon Tree, Red Cedar, Moulmin Cedar, The Toon Tree, Indian Mahogany Tree, Sandal Neem, Red Cedar, Australian redcendar
Tree
About Sandal Neem
Toona ciliata is a forest tree in the mahogany family which grows throughout South Asia from Afghanistan to Papua New Guinea and Australia.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Toona ciliata
- Genus
- Toona
- Family
- MELIACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Myanmar, Nepal, Bangladesh, China, Malaysia, Australia, Africa
- Flowering & fruiting
- March-October
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Local Names
- Hindi
- Toon तून, टुन
- Nepali
- टुनी Tunee, टुनी
- Bengali
- Tun
- Tamil
- துந் மரம் Tun Maram
- Telugu
- నందివృక్షము, నంది వృక్షము, నందిచెట్టు
- Kannada
- ಗಂಧಗರಿಗೆ Gandhagarige, ಗಂಧಗರಗೆ Gandhagarage, ನೊಗೆ Noge
- Malayalam
- Vempu, ചന്ദനവേമ്പ്, Toona ciliata
- Marathi
- Kunant
Botanical family
Meliaceae
Mahogany/Neem family
Sandal Neem belongs to the Meliaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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