Canarium pilosum A.W.Benn.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Burseraceae > Canarium

Characteristics

A moderately tall tree. It grows 37 m high. The trunk is 65 cm across. It can have buttresses. The leaves have 1-6 pairs of leaflets. The flowering stalks can be 10 cm long and have 1-4 fruit. The fruit are oval and fleshy. They are 2-3 cm long by 1-1.5 cm wide and have a rounded triangle shape in cross section. The kernels of the nuts are small. The shell is very thick.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.65
Mature height (meter) 26.0
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Lowland and hill forest, at elevations up to 600 metres. Rather common in primary forests, also found in swamps, usually at elevations up to 350 metres, sometimes ascending to 1,250 metres.
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A tropical plant. It grows in the forest up to 1500 m altitude above sea level. It can be in swamps.
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Usage

The seeds or kernels of the nut are sweet and edible.
Uses food material medicinal timber wood
Edible fruits nuts seeds
Therapeutic use -
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Cultivation

Plants are grown from seeds.
Mode seedlings
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Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:127464-1
WFO ID wfo-0000583679
COL ID QJP4
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Canarium grandiflorum Canarium hirtellum Canarium motleyanum Canarium pilosum Canarium pilosum var. hirtellum

Lower taxons

Canarium pilosum subsp. borneensis