Canarium hirsutum Willd.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Burseraceae > Canarium

Characteristics

A tree. It grows 30 m high. The trunk is straight. It is 60 cm across. The outer bark is greyish brown and finely cracked. The leaves have leaflets along the stalk. The leaves are arranged in spirals. There are 9-27 leaflets. The leaflet stalks have sharp edges. The leaflets taper at the tip. The flowers are in groups in the axils of leaves. The flowers are 12 mm long. The fruit are oval and 2-6 cm long by 2-4 cm wide. They can have irritating brown hairs.
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A large tree. The leaves have an odd number of leaflets in 9 to 12 opposite pairs. The leaves are 12 cm x 4 cm on 5 mm long leaf stalks. The flowers are in clusters at the ends of branches. The nuts are triangular in cross section and oval in long section.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.6
Mature height (meter) 25.0
Root system -
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Root diameter (meter) -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Rather common in dense primary forest, rarely in the more open, secondary formations; growing in wet to dry localities, mostly at low elevations but rarely ascending to 1,800 metres.
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A tropical plant. They occur in Ilocos Sur, Quezon, Mindoro, Palawan, Negros, Samar and Basilan in the Philippines.
A tropical plant. It grows in tropical forests. It occasionally grows up to 1,800 m above sea level.
Light -
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Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

The kernels of the nuts are eaten raw or roasted.
Uses animal food environmental use food fuel invertebrate food material medicinal oil wood
Edible nuts seeds
Therapeutic use Stomach (unspecified), Pustules (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown by seeds.
Mode seedlings
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Images

Canarium hirsutum unspecified picture

Distribution

Canarium hirsutum world distribution map, present in United States of America

Conservation status

Canarium hirsutum threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:127357-1
WFO ID wfo-0000583538
COL ID 699QD
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Canarium bersamifolium Canarium robustum Canarium subcordatum Pimela hirsuta Pimela hispida Canariopsis hirsuta Canariopsis hispida Canarium ahernianum Canarium altissimum Canarium costulatum Canarium ellipsoideum Canarium emarginatum Canarium hirsutum Canarium hispidum Canarium leeuwenii Canarium longiflorescens Canarium multijugum Canarium multipinnatum Canarium nervosum Canarium oxygonum Canarium palawense Canarium racemosum Canarium radlkoferi Canarium riedelianum Canarium greshoffii Pimela altissima Boswellia hirsuta Canariopsis altissima Canarium hirsutum var. beccarii Canarium hirsutum var. leeuwenii Canarium hirsutum var. majus Canarium hirsutum subsp. multicostulatum Canarium hirsutum var. scabrum Canarium hirsutum var. tomentellum Canarium hirsutum f. minor Canarium hirsutum f. scabrum Canarium warburgianum