4156.000 Toona (Endl.) M. Roem.

Monoecious tree. Leaves paripinnate or imparipinnate. Leaflets entire (in ours). Flowers 5-merous, unisexual in large much-branched panicles. Petals 5, adnate to the short cushion-shaped androgynophore. Stamens 5; 1-5 thread-like staminodes sometimes present. Ovary 5-locular. Fruit a pendulous thinly woody septifragal capsule opening from the apex by 5 valves. Seeds (in ours) winged at both ends.

Worldwide: 4-5 species from Indomalesia to N Australia

Malawi: 1 cultivated taxon.