Toona
Sign in to saveToona, commonly known as red cedar, toon (also spelled tun) or toona, tooni (in Nepal and India) 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.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderSapindales
- FamilyMeliaceae
Der Titel dieses Artikels ist mehrdeutig. Zur estnischen Schriftstellerin siehe Elin Toona. Toona sind eine Pflanzengattung in der Familie der Mahagonigewächse (Meliaceae). Die vier oder fünf Arten sind von Afghanistan und östlichen Pakistan bis Indien und China bis Südostasien, Malesien, Neubritannien und östlichen Australien verbreitet.
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Research
304 papers- Toona sinensis: a comprehensive review on its traditional usages, phytochemisty, pharmacology and toxicology.Revista brasileira de farmacognosia : orgao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Farmacognosia · 2019
- [Terpenoids from Toona sinensis].Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica · 2020
- Inhibition of the P2X7/NLRP3 Inflammasome Signaling Pathway by Deacetylgedunin from Toona sinensis.Journal of natural products · 2022
- Traditional Uses, Chemical Constituents and Pharmacological Activities of the Toona sinensis Plant.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
- Toona sinensis fruit polyphenols alleviate cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats by inhibiting MAPK signaling pathways and NLRP3 inflammasome/pyroptosis.Journal of ethnopharmacology · 2025
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7 sectionsContents
- Uses
- Ornamental use
- Wood source
- Medicinal and culinary uses
- Species
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Toona, commonly known as red cedar, toon (also spelled tun) or toona, tooni (in Nepal and India) 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.
==Uses== thumb|left|200px|Chinese Toon tree (Toona sinensis)
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