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After the monsoon rains have hit the hills, what were once bare tree trunks just a few weeks before are now festooned with a profusion of fern species. This is a particularly productive Toon tree in Landour, Mussoorie. A rain shower has just ended and you can see the water droplets on the leaves of the Toon. The common names of the Toon tree are : Indian mahogany, Red cedar, Surian • Hindi: Toon तून • Manipuri: তাইৰেল Tairel • Malayalam: Vempu • Assamese: Poma Jatipoma • Tamil: துந் மரம் Tun Maram • Kannada: Tundu • Telugu: Nandichettu • Bengali: Tun • Marathi: Kunant Botanical name: Toona ciliata Family: Meliaceae (Neem family) Toon is a large deciduous tree generally with a wide spreading and handsome crown attaining a height of 45 m and a stem diameter of 2 m. In cities may be of a m
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