Toona sinensis

The Chinese mahogany tree, Chinese toon or red toon is in the mahogany or Meliaceae family and is native to eastern and southeastern Asia, from North Korea south through most of eastern, central and southwestern China to Nepal, northeastern India, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, and western Indonesia. It grows to be a medium-sized tree with a rounded crown, growing up to 25 m tall.

• Leaves are deciduous, pinnate, 50–70 cm long and 30–40 cm broad, with 10–40 leaflets, the terminal leaflet usually absent (paripinnate) but sometimes present (imparipennate); individual leaflets are 9–15 cm long and 2.5–4 cm broad, with an entire or weakly serrated margin.
• Flowers are produced in summer in panicles 30–50 cm long at the end of a branch; each flower is small, 4–5 mm diameter, with five white or pale pink petals.
• Fruit is a capsule 2–3.5 cm long, containing several winged seeds.