| Scientific Name | Toona ciliata Roem |
| Trade Name | Toon |
| Local Name | Mathagirivembu, Chandanavembu |
| Family | Meliaceae |
| Tree Size | Large |
| Tree Height ( m ) | 20 - 30 |
| Tree Diameter ( cm ) | 60 - 90 |
| Tree Distribution | West coast tropical evergreen, Southern hilltop tropical evergreen, West cost semi-evergreen and occasionally in Moist teak bearing forest. |
| Sapwood-Heartwood Distinction | Distinct |
| Sapwood Colour | Pale pinkish grey to pinkish brown |
| Heartwood Colour | Reddish brown or brick red |
| Hardness | Moderately hard |
| Specific Gravity Based on Weight Over-dry and Volume Green | 0.82 |
| Weight | Light to moderately heavy |
| Weight(Kg)/cubic meter at 12% Moisture Content | 515 |
| Texture | Coarse textured |
| Grain | Straight grain |
| Growth Rings | Distinct |
| Porosity | A semi ring porous to ring porous wood |
| Vessel Size | Vessels solitary and in radial multiples of two to three. Earlywood vessels large forming tangential |
| Vessel Arrangement | Solitary and in radial multiples of two to three, occasionally in clusters of three to four. Vessel outline circular |
| Vessel Diameter | 190 - 280 240 |
| Vessel Element Lenght | 170 - 590 590 |
| Perforation | Simple |
| Pit Outline | Polygonal |
| Pit Size | Medium- sized(6-10 µm),vestured |
| Vessel Ray Pitting | Simple and pit outline polygonal, occurs all over the cell. Reddish gummy deposits present inside the vessels |
| Ray Nature | Moderately broad to fine widely spaced |
| Ray Arrangement/Type | One to five seriate, heterogeneous typell. Uniseriate rays made wholly of square cells; multiseriate rays made up of procumbent cells with two to four marginal raws of square cells. |
| Ray Number | 4 - 8 |
| Ray Height | 355 - 660 470 |
| Fibre Walls | Thin to thick walled, non-septate, inter- fibre pits minute, confined to the radial walls. |
| Fiber Length | |
| Modulus of Rupture in kg/cm2 (Green) | 436 |
| Modulus of Elasticity in kg/cm2 (Green) | 63980 |
| Modulus of Rupture kg/cm2 (Dry) | 562 |
| Modulus of Elasticity in kg/cm2 (Dry) | 78530 |
| Uses | Furniture and cabinets general purpose plywood, blockboard, cigar box, packing case, textile mill accessories, sports good and musical instruments. |
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