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Redcedar (Toona)

Description

Toona, commonly known as-redcedar,-toon-(also spelled-tun) or-toona, is a-genus-in the mahogany family,-Meliaceae, native from-Afghanistan-south to-India, and east to-North Korea,-Papua New Guinea-and eastern-Australia.-In older texts, the genus was often incorporated within a wider circumscription of the related genus-Cedrela, but that genus is now restricted to species from the-Americas.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Sapindales

            • Family: Meliaceae

              • Genus: Toona