Canarium asperum Benth.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Burseraceae > Canarium

Characteristics

A tree. It grows 37 m tall. The trunk can be 80 cm across. The leaves are alternate and compound. The flowers are in spikes or clusters in the axils of leaves. They are 6 mm across and yellowish. The fruit are 1.2 cm long and greenish black.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 33.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Undisturbed mixed dipterocarp forests at elevations up to 600 metres. Usually on hillsides and ridges and quite often found near the coast on rocky to sandy soils. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant tree.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows in primary and secondary forests up to 600 m above sea level. It can be near the coast and on rocky and sandy soils.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses environmental use food fuel material medicinal social use timber wood
Edible fruits seeds
Therapeutic use Antiphlogistic (unspecified), Antivinous (unspecified), Astringent (unspecified), Fish-Bones (unspecified), Flux (unspecified), Herpes (unspecified), Sialogogue (unspecified), Stimulant (unspecified), Stomachic (unspecified), Antidote (unspecified), Eruption (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified), Demulcent (unspecified), Rubefacient (unspecified), Soap (unspecified), Spice (unspecified), Laxative (unspecified), Puerperium (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown by seeds.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Canarium asperum unspecified picture

Distribution

Canarium asperum world distribution map, present in Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, and Solomon Islands

Conservation status

Canarium asperum threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:127277-1
WFO ID wfo-0000583439
COL ID QJGB
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 706001
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Lipara nigra Canarium barnesii Canarium calophyllum Canarium juglandifolium Canarium polyneurum Canarium tamborae Canarium thyrsoideum Pimela villosa Pimela legitima Canariopsis villosa Canarium agusanense Canarium apoense Canarium asperum Canarium clementis Canarium commune Canarium cumingii Canarium euphlebium Canarium fulvum Canarium heterophyllum Canarium lagunense Canarium legitimum Canarium leytense Canarium lucidum Canarium luxurians Canarium molle Canarium ogat Canarium pimela Canarium samarense Canarium sanchezii Canarium sibuyanense Canarium stachyanthum Canarium unifoliolatum Canarium villosum Canarium zollingeri Canariopsis aspera Canarium minutiflorum Canarium subvelutinum Canarium treubianum Canarium urdanetense Canarium valetonianum Canarium asperum var. clementis Canarium clementis var. perumbrinum Canarium reticulatum Canarium wenzelii

Lower taxons

Canarium asperum subsp. papuanum