Canarium pimela (PROSEA)
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Introduction |
Canarium pimela Leenh.
- Family: Burseraceae
Synonyms
Pimela nigra Lour.
Vernacular names
- Chinese black olive (En)
- Vietnam: càna, trám-den, bùi.
Distribution
Wild and cultivated in southern China, Hainan, Indo-China, and on Borneo (Sarawak). Occasionally cultivated elsewhere.
Uses
The fruits are highly esteemed by the Chinese who eat them candied or pickled. The wood and resin are sometimes used, but are of no great value. Fruits and leaves also used medicinally.
Observations
Tree, up to 30 m tall and trunk 1.5 m in diameter. Leaves 4-6-jugate. Infructescences 8-35 cm long, with 1-4 long-stalked fruits. Fruit a narrowly ovoid drupe, 3-4 cm × 1-2 cm, containing 1 or 2 seeds. In dense to open forests, usually at medium altitude. In Sarawak it flowers in August.
Selected sources
51, 61, 93.