Editing Toona (section)

==Uses==
[[Image:ToonaSinensis.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Chinese Toon tree (''[[Toona sinensis]]'')]]

===Ornamental use===
''[[Toona sinensis]]'' is of interest as by far the most cold-tolerant species in the Meliaceae, native in China as far north as 40°N in the [[Beijing]] area, where its tender shoots, called ''xiangchun'' ({{zh|c=香椿|p=xiāngchūn}}), are a traditional local leaf vegetable. It is the only member of the family that can be cultivated successfully in northern Europe, where it is sometimes planted as an ornamental tree in parks and avenues. Until recently,{{when|reason=|date=November 2024}} it had no widespread English common name, though Chinese Mahogany (reflecting its botanical relationship) is now used (e.g. Rushforth 1999).<ref>{{cite book |first=K. |last=Rushforth |year=1999 |title=Trees of Britain and Europe |publisher=HarperCollins |location=London}}</ref>

===Wood source===
''[[Toona ciliata]]'' is an important timber tree. It provides a valuable hardwood used for furniture, ornamental panelling, shipbuilding, and musical instruments like the [[sitar]], [[rudra veena]], and drums. Due to the restrictions in recent years on the use of natively-grown American mahogany,<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.cites.org/eng/prog/mwg.php| title = Bigleaf mahogany {{!}} CITES}}</ref> it has become one of the common mahogany replacements in electric guitar manufacturing.

===Medicinal and culinary uses===
''[[Toona sinensis]]'' is used in Chinese traditional medicine and eaten as a vegetable or sauce in China (leaves and shoots).