genus Toona

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Noun1.genus Toona - formerly included in genus Cedrela
rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants
family Meliaceae, mahogany family, Meliaceae - tropical trees and shrubs including many important timber and ornamental trees
Cedrela calantas, kalantas, Philippine cedar, Toona calantas, Philippine mahogany - Philippine timber tree having hard red fragrant wood
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Additionally, the genus Trichilia (Melioideae: Trichilieae) has the highest number and highest variability of limonoids, while the trees of the genus Toona (Swietenioideae: Cedreleae) are similar to the Melioideae in that they have limonoids with an intact carbon skeleton (Oiano-Neto et al.