Cedrela
(a diminutive from Cedrus, the Cedar; the wood having an aromatic scent like that of the Cedar-tree). Bastard Cedar. Including Toona. ORD. Meliaceae. A genus of about a dozen species of large stove or green-house trees. Flowers whitish, small, in axillary and terminal panicles. Leaves abruptly pinnate, many-paired. They thrive well in rich loam. Large ripened cuttings will strike root in sand, under a hand glass, in heat.
C. odorata (sweet-scented). fl. whitish, flesh-coloured, resembling those of a Hyacinth. Summer. l., leaflets ovate-lanceolate, entire, on short stalks. fr. about the size of a partridge's egg. h. 50ft. Caribbee Islands, 1739. Stove. The bark, berries, and leaves of some of the kinds smell like Assa-foetida, when fresh.
C. sinensis (Chinese). China. Hardy. SYN. Ailantus flavescens. (R. H. 1875, 87.)
C. Toona (Toona). fl. white or pink, small, smelling like fresh honey. February to May. l., leaflets lanceolate, acuminated, entire, pale glaucous beneath, deciduous. h. 60ft. India, 1823. Stove.
C. velutina (velvety). fl. whitish. l. leaflets ovate-lanceolate, entire, smooth; petioles and branches velvety, from very short down. h. 50ft. India, 1793. Stove.