| Scientific Name |
Toona ciliata Roemer |
| Trade Name |
Toon |
| Local Name |
Madagiri-vembu, Vembu, Chuvanna- agil |
| Family |
Meliaceae |
| Tree Size |
Large |
| Tree Height ( m ) |
20 - |
| Tree Diameter ( cm ) |
60 - |
| Tree Distribution |
West coast tropical evergreen, Southern hill top tropical evergreen, West coast semi evergreen and occasionally in moist teak bearing forest |
| Sapwood-Heartwood Distinction |
Distinct |
| Sapwood Colour |
Pinkish brown |
| Heartwood Colour |
Reddish-brown |
| Hardness |
Soft to moderately hard |
| Specific Gravity Based on Weight Over-dry and Volume Green |
|
| Weight |
Light to moderately heavy |
| Weight(Kg)/cubic meter at 12% Moisture Content |
515 - |
| Texture |
Coarse and uneven |
| Grain |
Straight |
| Growth Rings |
Distinct |
| Porosity |
Semi-ring porous to ring-porous |
| Vessel Size |
Large in early wood, small and moderately few in late wood |
| Vessel Arrangement |
Solitary or in radial multiples of 2 or 3 |
| Vessel Diameter |
- |
| Vessel Element Lenght |
- |
| Perforation |
|
| Pit Outline |
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| Pit Size |
|
| Vessel Ray Pitting |
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| Ray Nature |
moderately broad to fine, fairly wide spaced |
| Ray Arrangement/Type |
|
| Ray Number |
- |
| Ray Height |
- |
| Fibre Walls |
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| Fiber Length |
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| 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 purposes like Class I plywood; black board, cigar boxes and packing cases; textile mill accessories; pencil slates; tennis, badminton and squash racket frames; musical instruments |