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Meliaceae

Beef and onion plant

Toona sinensis (A.Juss.) M.Roem.

Family
Meliaceae
Genus
Toona

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Beef and onion plant: Jiaxian Confucian Temple
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Common names

By language (11)
arz
شيانجتشون
Chinese
香椿, 春尖油, 椿, 椿叶, 椿树, 椿树花, 椿白皮, 椿阳树
English
Beef and onion plant, Chinese toon, Xiangchun
French
Acajou de Chine flamingo
Indonesian
Surian Tiongkok
Italian
Xiangchun
Japanese
チャンチン
Korean
참죽나무, 참중나무
mnc
ᠸᠠᠩᡤᠠ ᠵᠠᠯᡤᠠᠰᡠ ᠮᠣᠣ
Persian
ماهون چینی
Vietnamese
Hương xuân

Synonyms

  • Ailanthus flavescens Carrière
  • Ailanthus mairei Gagnep.
  • Cedrela chinensis Franch.
  • Cedrela glabra C.DC.
  • Cedrela longifolia Wall.
  • Cedrela longifolia var. kumaona C.DC.
  • Cedrela serrata Royle
  • Cedrela sinensis Juss.
  • Cedrela sinensis var. hupehana C.DC.
  • Cedrela sinensis var. lanceolata H.L.Li
  • Cedrela sinensis var. schensiana C.DC.
  • Surenus glabra Kuntze
  • Surenus serrata Kuntze
  • Surenus serrulata (Miq.) Kuntze
  • Surenus sinensis (A.Juss.) Kuntze
  • Toona glabra Harms
  • Toona longifolia M.Roem.
  • Toona serrata (Royle) M.Roem.
  • Toona serrulata (Miq.) Harms
  • Toona sinensis var. carmesinixylon D.C.Wu
  • Toona sinensis var. denticulata (Chev.) Bahadur
  • Toona sinensis var. glabra (C.DC.) Bahadur
  • Toona sinensis var. grandifolia (Chev.) Bahadur
  • Toona sinensis var. hupehana (C.DC.) P.Y.Chen
  • Toona sinensis var. hupehana (C.DC.) A.Chev.
  • Toona sinensis var. puberula (C.DC.) Bahadur
  • Toona sinensis var. schensiana (C.DC.) X.M.Chen
  • Toona sinensis var. sinensis

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.