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Toona, photographed by an iNaturalist contributor
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Toona

Red cedar · also Toon, Toona, Tun

Deciduous
60
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
2
cities
16 in
median trunk (40 cm, 8 measured)
4.8 yr
median age (95% have a planting date)

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Toona ciliata is an impressive tropical tree that provides ample shade to the landscape. Its lush pinnately-compound leaves have scarlet-yellow new growth and the trunk is accompanied by root buttresses. Young seedlings are often susceptible to drought, fire, and herbivory by the Cedar Tip Moth.

Where it grows

Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.

  1. Melbourne · Australia
    584.8 yr16 in
  2. Paris · France
    2—11 in

Traits

Foliage
Deciduous
Mature height
60 ft
Canopy spread
60 ft
Water needs
Moderate
Drought tolerance
Moderate

Trunk diameters across every city: median 16 in, mean 16 in, 90th percentile 25 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.

Other Toona in the catalogue

2 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.

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