Toona calantas

Toona calantas
	Seeds of the Toona calantas, still contained in a capsule.
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Meliaceae
Genus:	Toona
Species:	T. calantas
Binomial name
	Toona calantas; Merr. & Rolfe

Toona calantas is a species of tree in the mahogany family. It is found in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1] It is commonly known as kalantas (also spelled calantas), lanipga (in Visayan), Philippine cedar, or Philippine mahogany (although the latter is also applied to members of the unrelated genus Shorea).[2]

Gallery

A single seed
The bark
The seeds contained in a capsule
A new branch of the tree

References

Asian Regional Workshop (Conservation & Sustainable Management of Trees, Viet Nam) 1998. Toona calantas. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 August 2007.
ASEAN Tropical Plant Database. "Toona calantas Merr. & Rolfe". National Institute of Environmental Research, Republic of Korea. Archived from the original on December 11, 2013. Retrieved December 12, 2013.

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[iucn-1] Asian Regional Workshop (Conservation & Sustainable Management of Trees, Viet Nam) 1998. Toona calantas. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 August 2007.

[calantas-2] ASEAN Tropical Plant Database. "Toona calantas Merr. & Rolfe". National Institute of Environmental Research, Republic of Korea. Archived from the original on December 11, 2013. Retrieved December 12, 2013.