Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms: Trees

Chinese Toon and Tree of Heaven

Chinese Toon original: 椿 (chun); Toona sinensis, Tree of Heaven original: 樗 (chu); Ailanthus altissima, Trees, Wood Section, Auspicious Spring original: 宜春 (yichun); likely a reference to the Chinese Toon's association with spring or a specific geographic origin

[Illustration: A woodcut of a Chinese Toon tree, known for its edible young leaves and fragrant wood, shown with spreading branches and lush foliage.]

[Illustration: A woodcut of a Tree of Heaven, often distinguished from the Toon by its unpleasant odor and its symbolic use in literature to represent "useless" but enduring nature, depicted here alongside a scholar’s rock.]