Canarium vrieseanum (PROSEA)
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Introduction |
Canarium vrieseanum Engl.
- Family: Burseraceae
Vernacular names
- Indonesia: are, solo (Sulawesi)
- Philippines: gisau (Sulu), gapug (Subanun), sagasa (Manobo).
Distribution
Indonesia (Sulawesi) and the Philippines (Mindanao, Luzon).
Uses
The seeds are edible. The resin is burnt for light. The wood is rather tough and hard and used for construction.
Observations
Tree, up to 31 m tall and trunk 45 cm in diameter, sometimes buttressed. Leaves 3-7-jugate. Infructescences 10-45 cm long with ca. 5-10 fruits. Fruit an ovoid drupe, 2-3 cm × 1-2 cm, more or less velvety, containing 1 seed. In primary and secondary forests, up to 500 m altitude. Three forms are distinguished: f. vrieseanum (Sulawesi, slender tree, leaves 3-5-jugate), f. williamsii (C. B. Robinson) Leenh. (Mindanao, stouter tree, leaves 6-7-jugate, fruiting richer), and f. stenophyllum Leenh. (Mindanao, Davao Province, stout tree, many-jugate leaves, small fruits).
Selected sources
8, 93.
