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Cedrela P., Br. Hist. Jamaic. 158. 1756. Hiern in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 1:568. 1875; Brandis, Ind. Trees, 145.1911 ; Parker, For. Fl. Punj. ed. 3,70.1956.
Cedrella Scop.Toona M.
Tall trees. Leaves pinnate; leaflets entire to serrate, somewhat oblique. Flowers small, in terminal and sub-terminal panicles. Calyx short, 5-parted. Petals 5, free. Stamens 4-6, free; staminodes present or absent. Disc thick, lobed. Ovary 5-locular; stigma capitate. Fruit a septifragal capsule. Seeds many, winged.
A genus of about 16 species, with a wide distribution in tropical Asia, Mexico to S. America and Australia. Represented in W. Pakistan by 2 species.
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Leaves paripinnate; leaflet margin slightly wavy to entire. Staminodes absent. Ovary hairy. Seeds winged at both ends. |
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Cedrela toona |
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Leaves imparipinnate; leaflet margin serrate. Stami-nodes present. Ovary glabrous. Seeds winged only at the apex. |
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Cedrela serrata |
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Lower Taxa
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