Canarium pseudodecumanum Hochr.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Burseraceae > Canarium

Characteristics

Tree up to 50 m by 165 cm, with large buttresses. Branchlets (¾-)1½-2½ cm diam., angular, glabrescent, leaf-scars large, terminal bud slender, 3-5 cm by 7-9 mm, densely ferrugineously woolly pubescent; pith thick, with many small vascular strands, appressed to the thin wood-cylinder. Stipules none. Leaves often nearly in whorls of four, (3-)4-6-jugate. Leaflets nearly sessile, lanceolate to oblong, 5-28(-33) by (2-)3-10(-12) cm, subcoriaceous, subglabrous above, densely minutely tomentose to sparsely stellately pubescent or nearly glabrous beneath; base rounded to subcordate; margin minutely serrulate (to subentire); apex rather abruptly, shortly acute-acuminate; nerves 20-25 pairs (angle variable), tortuous, more or less distinctly arching towards the margin, prominent beneath; reticulations very dense, waffle-like beneath. Inflorescences (female unknown) axillary, narrowly paniculate, up to 16 cm long, many-flowered, tomentose; flowers in glomerules. Bracts lanceolate to subulate. Flowers (female unknown) 7-9 mm long, pubescent. Calyx 3.5 mm high. Stamens free, glabrous. Disk cupular, 2 mm high, fleshy, densely erectly pilose. Pistil none. Infructescences unknown; calyx with remnants of a 6-lobed, fimbriate disk. Fruits ellipsoid, subtrigonous in cross-section, 7-8.5 by 4.5-6 cm, densely tomentose when young, glabrescent, scurfy; pyrene smooth, with 3 angle-ribs near the apex and often a faint median rib on each of the lids; lids 4-5 mm thick. Seeds (3-)2-1; all cells irregular-shaped, sterile ones slightly or not reduced.
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A large tree. It grows 40 m tall. It has buttresses 6 m high. It can have stilt roots. The trunk can be 120 cm across. The bark is white. The small branches are angular. The leaves have 4-6 pairs of leaflets. The leaves are 17-23 cm long by 7-11 cm wide. The leaflets are almost without stalks. They are sword shaped and taper to the tip. There are small teeth along the edge. The leaflets have a woolly covering underneath. The flowers are softly hairy. The fruit are large. They are 7-8 cm long by 4-6 cm wide. They are edible. The seed are eaten and used for oil.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
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Mature height (meter) 40.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A canopy tree in damp or swampy lowland forest. An uncommon large tree found scattered in dense primary forest on undulating swamp land at elevations up to 280 metres.
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Primary forests, up to 280 m. Fl. Apr. (Mal. Pen.), Oct. (Borneo), fr. March and Aug.-Nov. (Sum.).
A tropical plant. It grows in lowland forests up to 280 m above sea level.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses. The wood is very soft. The abundant resin is used for caulking canoes. An edible oil is pressed out of the seeds, which also are eaten.
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The fruit are eaten. The seeds can be eaten. They are also used for oil.
Uses food material oil timber wood
Edible fruits nuts seeds
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Cultivation

Plants are grown from seeds.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

Canarium pseudodecumanum world distribution map, present in Indonesia, Iceland, and Malaysia

Conservation status

Canarium pseudodecumanum threat status: Vulnerable

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:127477-1
WFO ID wfo-0000583695
COL ID QJPJ
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Synonyms

Canarium pseudodecumanum