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 Latin nameToona ciliata M.Roem.
 FamilyMeliaceae
 Identified with (Lat)Cedrela toona Roxb. ex Rottler & Willd.
 Identified with (Skt)tūṇa
 Identified with (Hin)tūn, mahānīm
 Identified with (Tam)cantānavēmpu, cevvakil, tūṇāmaram
 Identified with (Mal)vēmpu, madagirivēmpu, ikaṇa, paṭukaraṇa
 Identified with (Eng)Toon, Red cedar
 Search occurrencetūna, tūṇa, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
 See plant's imageToona ciliata M.Roem. in Google image search
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Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 452)
tūṇa, m. (g. śoṇādi; g. gaurādi v.l.) "bearer" ( tul), a quiver, MBh. &c. (often du.); (ī), f. id., KātyŚr.; MBh. &c.; a disease of the anus and the bladder, Suśr.; the Indigo plant, Npr.

Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 1266)
cantaṉavēmpu: Chittagong wood

Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 1613)
cevvakil: Moulmein cedar

Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 2015)
tūṇāmaram: Indian mahogany, l. tr., Cedrela toona


 
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