Toona ciliata M.Roem.
Family: Meliaceae
Synonyms: Cedrela febrifuga Blume , Cedrela kingii var. birmanica C. DC. , Cedrela serrulata Miq. , Cedrela toona Roxb. ex Rottler , Cedrela toona var. gamblei C. DC. , Cedrela toona var. grandiflora C.DC. , Cedrela toona var. multijuga Haines , Cedrela toona var. puberula C. DC. , Cedrela toona var. pubescens Franch. , Cedrela toona var. stracheyi C. DC. , Cedrela toona var. talbotii C. DC. , Surenus australis Kuntze , Surenus microcarpa (C. DC.) Kuntze , Surenus toona (Roxb. ex Rottler) Kuntze , Swietenia toona (Roxb. ex Rottler) Stokes , Toona ciliata var. pubescens (Franch.) Hand.-Mazz. , Toona ciliata var. sublaxiflora (C. DC.) C.Y. Wu , Toona ciliata var. vestita (C.T. White) Harms , Toona ciliata var. yunnanensis (C. DC.) Harms , Toona febrifuga var. cochinchinensis Pierre , Toona febrifuga var. griffithiana Pierre , Toona febrifuga var. ternatensis Pierre , Toona kingii (C. DC.) Harms , Toona microcarpa (C. DC.) Harms , Toona mollis (Hand.-Mazz.) A. Chev. , Toona sureni var. cochinchinensis (Pierre) Bahadur , Toona sureni var. pubescens (Franch.) Chun ex F.C. How & T.C. Chen
Arabic: سيدريلا توناBengali: তুন
French: Cèdre rouge d'Australie
Kannada: ಗಂಧಗರಿಗೆ
Lithuanian: Raudonasis indenis
Malayalam: ചന്ദനവേമ്പ്
Nepali: टुनी
Oriya: ଗୟା ଅଶ୍ଵତ୍ଥ
Telugu: నందివృక్షము
Chinese: 红椿
Sanskrit: Tuunikaa, Nandi Vrksha
Siddha/Tamil : Tunumaram, Santhana Vembu.
Red Cedar, Toon, Indian Mahogany tree.
Stem bark – anticancerous [Handbook of herbs and spices Volume 3]
Bark—astringent, antidysenteric, antiperiodic. Flowers— emmenagogue. Leaf— spasmolytic, hypoglycaemic, antiprotozoal.
Chemistry: Bark and heartwood yielded tetranortriterpenoids, including toonacilin. Heartwood also gave a coumarin, geranylgernalol and its fatty esters. Toonacilin and its 6-hydroxy derivatives are antifeedant [Indian Medicinal Plants An Illustrated Dictionary]
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