Toona fargesii
A. Chev. in Rev. Int. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 24: 158. 1944;
Bahadur, Monogr. Gen. Toona 107. 1988.
Tree, shortly branched, to 30 m tall; bark purplish brown; young parts pubescent.
Leaves often imparipinnate, 30 -
50 cm long; rachis 8 -
10 cm long; leaflets 10 -
12 pairs,
subopposite or alternate, ovate-lanceolate, unequally rounded at base, entire along
margins,acuminate or cuspidate at apex, 11 - 14 x 3 -
5.5 cm,glabre scent above ,hirtellous
on mid- and secondary nerves beneath; secondary nerves 11 - 12 on each side. Panicles
erect, pyramidal, lax, 20 -
30 cm long, puberulous. Flower buds conical; bracts caducous;
pedicels 2 - 4 mm long. Sepals ca 1 mm long, 1/4 as long as bud, united to 1/3 below,
ciliate along edges, hairy outside, glabrous inside. Petals 4 -
5 mm long, tinged with
purple, glabrous. Filaments glabrous. Disk 5-lobed, hairy. Ovary conical, glabrous;
style glabrous.
Fl. & Fr. : May - July.
Distrib. India: Assam.
China and New Guinea.
Fl. & Fr. : May - July.
Distrib. India: Assam.
China and New Guinea.