Canarium album (Lour.) Dc.

A large tree. It grows 25-30 m high. The trunk is straight and branches high up. The trunk can be 1.5 m across. The bark is white and has cracks along it. The crown of the tree is small and rounded. The leaves have about 8 pairs of leaflets with a leaflet at the end. The leaflets are 6-15 cm long by 2.5-6 cm wide. They have shiny white scales underneath. The base of the leaflets is unequal. The flower clusters have branches without a flower at the end. They flowers are small and 0.2-0.3 cm long and yellowish white. The fruit is oval and 3.4-4 cm long by 2-2.5 cm wide. They are yellowish green when mature. Young seedling trees have leaves which vary a lot in shape. Young leaves are simple with deep lobes. The flowers are white or yellow and in clusters around a stalk produced in the axils of leaves. The fruit is angled and has 3 cells. They are 3-4 cm long and 1.2-2 cm wide. They are dull yellow when ripe.

It is a subtropical and tropical plant. It grows in forest in north Vietnam below 500 m altitude. It needs light to grow. In Yunnan, China it grows between 600-1300 m altitude. It grows in deep humid and fertile soil. It can grow under light shade. In Sichuan.

The fruit are eaten like olives. The fruit are soaked in tubs of salt water, then dried. They are also preserved as a condiment. They are also used for wines and drinks. The seed contains an edible oil. The oil should not be too hot as seeds burn easily. The seed kernels are eaten. The fruit are edible when mature. They are also pickled.

Plants can be grown by seeds.