NCCWDB

Toona sinensis / Chinese mahogany / 香椿

  • Introduction
    Toona sinensis is thermophilic, suitable for cultivation in areas with an average temperature of 8-10°C, and its cold resistance increases with the increase of seedling age. The bark is rough, dark brown and flaky and shedding. Leaves long-stalked, even-numbered pinnate compound leaves, 30-50 cm long or longer, panicles equal to or longer than leaves, sparsely rust-coloured pubescent or sometimes nearly glabrous, small umbels borne on short branchlets, multi-flowered, capsule narrowly elliptic, 2-3.5 cm long, dark brown, with small, pale pores, thin petals, seeds usually obtuse at base, long membranous wings at the upper end, wingless at the lower end. The flowering period is from June to August, and the fruiting period is from October to December.
  • Common name: / Chinese mahogany / 香椿
  • Taxonomy: Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Streptophytina; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Euphyllophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliopsida; Mesangiospermae; eudicotyledons; Gunneridae; Pentapetalae; rosids; malvids; Sapindales; Meliaceae; Toona

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