Canarium harveyi Seem.

A small or medium sized tree which can be 3-21 m high. The small branches are angular. They are 5-8 mm thick. The youngest parts are brown and hairy. The leaves have 2-4 pairs of leaflets and a leaflet at the end. The leaves are 40 cm long and the leaflets 4-20 cm long by 2-8 cm wide. The leafy structure (stipule) at the base of the leaf stalk is ear shaped and falls off. Male and female flower clusters occur separately on the same tree. The male flower cluster is 10-20 cm long and with many flowers. The female flower cluster is 4-9 cm long and with 6-7 flowers. The fruiting stalk is 2-12 cm long and it has 1-4 fruit. The fruit are green at first but become purple to black at maturity. The fruit have 3 cells but they may not all have seeds. Fruit are large in the Solomon Islands and small in Fiji.

A tropical plant. It grows in dense forest from sea level to 600 m altitude. It is usually in areas with an annual rainfall of 1800-4000 mm per year. The annual average temperatures are 23-28°C.

The seeds are eaten. They are also smoked and preserved to eat later.

Plants are grown from seed. The seed need to be sown fresh.