Toona sinensis seed
LATIN NAME: Toona sinensis
COMMON NAME: Chinese Toon
The Chinese toon is the fast, handsome, aromatic tree of the east, and its young, red-flushed leaves have been a fine, seasonal delicacy of the kitchen for a very long time. The strong, upright tree carries the large, pinnate, compound leaves, and the young, tender, red and green shoots are picked in the spring, when they have a fine, onion-like fragrance, and cooked into the stir-fries, the omelettes and the salads. The pale, reddish wood is fine and strong. It is a generous, easy, fast-growing tree of the sunny, well-drained garden.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The Chinese toon has a steady and growing place in the plant science, and it has been studied for its fine, aromatic young leaves and its fast, easy growth. The young, red-flushed shoots, which are a traditional seasonal food of the east, have been looked into, and the plant keeps showing up in the work on the edible leaves and the under-used trees of the region. The fine, reddish wood has also a long record of use, and the tree is a regular subject of the studies of the fast-growing timber and the edible-shoot trees. The information here is well grounded in the long practice of the east.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
The Chinese toon is grown for the young, red-flushed leaves, and they are picked in the spring and cooked into the stir-fries, the omelettes and the salads, with a fine, onion-like fragrance that has made them a prized seasonal food of the east. The tree is also a fine, fast-growing timber tree with a pale, reddish, strong wood, and it makes a handsome, easy shade tree for the sunny garden. It has been written up in the horticultural and the food papers for its edible shoots and its fast growth, and it is a generous, easy tree of the east.
The Chinese toon has been a fine, seasonal delicacy of the east for a very long time, and the young, red-flushed leaves are picked in the spring, when they have a fine, onion-like fragrance, and cooked into the stir-fries, the omelettes and the salads. The young shoots are a prized, short-season food, and the tree is grown in the gardens and the small holdings of the region for the spring harvest. The pale, reddish wood is fine and strong, with a long record of use for the furniture and the carving, and the strong, upright tree makes a handsome, easy shade tree for the sunny garden.
To grow the Chinese toon from seed, soak the small, winged seeds in warm water for a day, then sow them at a shallow depth in pots of moist, free-draining soil, keep them in a bright, warm, open spot and water gently. The seedlings are up within a few weeks and grow on fast, so pot them on early and give them the sun. A sunny, well-drained spot will see the young, red-flushed shoots ready to pick in a couple of years.
Toona sinensis, Cedrella sinensis, or chinese red cedar, originated in China, has been used as vegie/spice since the ancient times in China. The tender leaves and new shoots are the edible parts of the plant.
This tree produces top quality timer. It does not attact pests. In fact, pests try to stay away from it.
it has a very unique kind of flavour.