Toona sinensis: Fruit Description
woody
Plant Profile: Toona sinensis
Names
Chinese Cedrela, Chinese Toon
Phonetic Spelling:SEED-rel-uh sy-NEN-sis
Genus:Toona
Species:sinensis
Family:Meliaceae
The tree exhibits sucker growth, with its bark shedding in elongated strips, making it a potential candidate for urban planting. It has an upright to oval shape, featuring a single trunk and a spreading canopy.
Toona sinensis Feature Summary
Tags
#deciduous
#street tree
#single trunk
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Toona sinensis Feature Summary
Fruit
woody
Capsule
Flowers
Small (1-1.5 in.), white, pendulous flowers on 12 in. panicles in June
White
Panicle
Summer
1-3 inches
Leaves
10-20 in. alternate, pinnately compound leaves with 10-22 leaflets; opens reddish purple; non-showy fall color
Deciduous
Gold/Yellow
Purple/Lavender
Purple/Lavender
Red/Burgundy
Compound (Pinnately , Bipinnately, Palmately)
Alternate
Whole Plant Traits
Tree
Deciduous
Erect
Oval
Rapid
Medium
Cultural Conditions
Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
Good Drainage
5b
5a
6a
6b
7a
7b
Stem
Landscape
Street Tree
Toona sinensis Image Gallery
Toona sinensis Fruit
Toona sinensis: Fruit Type
Achene
Aggregate
Berry
Capsule
Caryopsis
Drupe
Follicle
Legume
Nut
Pome
Samara
Schizocarp
Siliqua
Toona sinensis Flowers
Toona sinensis: Flower Description
Small (1-1.5 in.), white, pendulous flowers on 12 in. panicles in June
Toona sinensis: Flower Color
White
Toona sinensis: Flower Inflorescence
Catkin
Corymb
Cyme
Head
Insignificant
Panicle
Raceme
Solitary
Spadix
Spike
Umbel
Toona sinensis: Flower Bloom Time
Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall
Toona sinensis: Flower Size
1-3 inches
3-6 inches
< 1 inch
> 6 inches
Toona sinensis Leaves
Toona sinensis: Leaf Description
10-20 in. alternate, pinnately compound leaves with 10-22 leaflets; opens reddish purple; non-showy fall color
Toona sinensis: Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics
Broadleaf Evergreen
Deciduous
Needled Evergreen
Semi-evergreen
Toona sinensis: Leaf Color
Gold/Yellow
Purple/Lavender
Toona sinensis: Deciduous Leaf Fall Color
Purple/Lavender
Red/Burgundy
Toona sinensis: Leaf Type
Compound (Pinnately , Bipinnately, Palmately)
Fronds
Needles
Sheath
Simple
Toona sinensis: Leaf Arrangement
Alternate
Opposite
Other/more complex
Rosulate
Whorled
Toona sinensis: Hairs Present
No
Yes
Toona sinensis Whole Plant Traits
Toona sinensis: Plant Type
Annual
Bulb
Carnivorous
Edible
Epiphyte
Fern
Ground Cover
Herb
Herbaceous Perennial
Houseplant
Mushroom
Native Plant
Ornamental Grasses and Sedges
Perennial
Poisonous
Rose
Shrub
Succulent
Tree
Turfgrass
Vegetable
Vine
Water Plant
Weed
Wildflower
Toona sinensis: Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics
Broadleaf Evergreen
Deciduous
Needled Evergreen
Semi-evergreen
Toona sinensis: Habit/Form
Arching
Ascending
Broad
Cascading
Climbing
Clumping
Columnar
Conical
Creeping
Dense
Erect
Horizontal
Irregular
Mounding
Multi-stemmed
Multi-trunked
Open
Oval
Prostrate
Pyramidal
Rounded
Spreading
Vase
Weeping
Toona sinensis: Growth Rate
Slow
Medium
Rapid
Toona sinensis: Texture
Fine
Medium
Coarse
Toona sinensis Cultural Conditions
Toona sinensis: Light
Dappled Sunlight (Shade through upper canopy all day)
Deep shade (Less than 2 hours to no direct sunlight)
Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
Toona sinensis: Soil Drainage
Frequent Standing Water
Good Drainage
Moist
Occasional Flooding
Occasionally Dry
Occasionally Wet
Very Dry
Toona sinensis: USDA Plant Hardiness Zone
5a
5b
6a
6b
7a
7b
Toona sinensis Stem
Toona sinensis: Stem Is Aromatic
No
Yes
Toona sinensis Landscape
Toona sinensis: Design Feature
Accent
Barrier
Border
Flowering Tree
Foundation Planting
Hedge
Mass Planting
Screen/Privacy
Security
Shade Tree
Small groups
Small Tree
Specimen
Street Tree
Understory Tree
