Description
Toona sinensis (scientific name: Toona sinensis (A. Juss.) Roem.) is a tree of the Neem family and the genus Toona; rough bark, dark brown, leaves with long stalks, even-numbered pinnate compound leaves, opposite or alternate, papery, egg Shape-lanceolate or ovate-elliptic, both sides are glabrous, without spots, the back is often pink-green, panicles and leaves are as long or longer, small cymes born on short branchlets, many flowers; Short pedicel; outer calyx is pilose with eyelashes; petals are white, oblong, glabrous; discs are glabrous, nearly rosary; ovary conical, stigma disc-shaped. The capsule is narrowly oval, blooms from June to August, and bears fruit from October to December.
Tsubaki buds are edible, and they are also the preferred tree species for landscaping. In ancient times, toon was called Chinese toon and Ailanthus altissima was called barnyard. The Chinese have long been accustomed to eating toona sinensis, and the Han Dynasty spread all over the country. Chun Bud is rich in nutrition and has therapeutic effects. It mainly treats exogenous wind-cold, rheumatic arthralgia, stomach pain, dysentery and so on.
