*Toona cilaita* (synonym *Cedrela toona* more popular) ... commonly known as: Australian red cedar, bastard cedar, Burma cedar, Indian cedar, Indian mahogany, moulmein cedar, red cedar, toon • Assamese: পমা pama • Bengali: তূণ tun • Hindi: नन्दी nandi, नन्दिक nandik, तुन tun, तुन्न tunna • Kannada: ಬೆಳಮ್ದಿ belamdi • Kashmiri: द्रब् drab, द्रावी drawi, तूनी tuni • Malayalam: ചന്ദന വേമ്പ് candana veemp, ചുവന്ന അകില് cuvanna akil, മദഗിരിവേമ്പ് madagiriveemp, പടുകരണ patukarana • Manipuri: তাইৰেল tairel • Marathi: नांदुरकी nandurki, तुन्न tunna • Mizo: teipui • Nepalese: तूनी tunee, तुनि tuni • Oriya: teipui, mahalimbo • Pali: कच्छक kacchaka • Punjabi: ਚਿੱਟੀ ਸਿਰੀਂਹ chitti sirinh, ਚਿੱਟੀ ਸਰੀਂਹ chitti sarinh, ਦੱਲੀ dalli, ਦਰਲ daral, ਦੋਰੀ dori, ਤੁਣ tun • Sanskrit: कच्छपः kacchapah, नन्दी nandi, नन्दिकः nandikah, तुन्न tunna • Tamil: ஆயில் ayil, மலயப்பூத்துன்னமரம் malaya-p-pu-t-tunna-maram, மதகரிவேம்பு matakari-vempu, தூணாமரம் tuna-maram • Telugu: నందివృక్షము nandivrikshamu • Urdu: نندي nandi, نندك nandik, تون tun, تن tunna
Regards. On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 6:29 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Some extracts from Wikipedia link (for pictures & more details, click on > the link): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toona_ciliata > *Australian Red Cedar* (called also *Toon*, *Suren* or *Indian Mahogany*), > *Toona ciliata* [1]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toona_ciliata#cite_note-0>is > a > forest <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest> tree in the family > Meliaceae<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meliaceae>which grows throughout > southern > Asia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia> from > Afganistan<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afganistan>to Papua > New Guinea <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea> and > Australia<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia> > .[2] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toona_ciliata#cite_note-1> In Australia > its natural habitat is now extensively cleared > subtropical<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subtropical> > rainforests <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainforest> of New South > Wales<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_South_Wales>and > Queensland <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queensland>. The Australian > population was formerly treated as distinct > species<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species>under the name > *T. australis*. The species can grow to around 60m in height and its trunk > can reach 3m in girth. > > It is one of Australia's few native > deciduous<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deciduous>trees. The timber is red in > colour, easy to work and very highly valued. It > was used extensively for furniture, wood panelling and construction, > including shipbuilding, and was referred to as "Red Gold" by Australian > settlers[5] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toona_ciliata#cite_note-4>. > Heavily and unsustainably exploited in the 19th Century and early 20th > Century, almost all the large trees have been cut out and the species is > essentially commercially > extinct.[6]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toona_ciliata#cite_note-5>However, > the timber is relatively fast growing and following on from a wave > of tree cutting in the 1950s, regrowth and timber from forestry sources > currently provides trees up to 1 metre in diameter for the furniture trade > in Australia and timber is not difficult to source. > > The Red cedar is widely planted in subtropical and tropical parts of the > world as a shade tree and for its fast-growing aspect. > > 2009/4/28 Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> > > Many thanks, grassman. >> Regards. >> >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 7:34 AM, grassman <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> >>> dear it could be toona ciliata >>> >>> >> >> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "indiantreepix" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en >> -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- >> >> > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > "We often ignore the beauty around us" > Creating Awareness about Indian Flora & Fauna: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > For learning about our trees & plants, please visit/ join Google e-group > (Indiantreepix) http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
