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<big>''[[Canarium indicum]]'' L.</big>
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:Family: Burseraceae
== Synonyms ==
''Canarium amboinense'' Hochr., ''C. commune'' L., ''C. moluccanum'' Blume, ''C. zephyrinum'' Rumphius.
== Vernacular names ==
*Indonesia: kenari ambon (Sundanese), jal (Ambon), kanari bagéa (Moluccas)
*Papua New Guinea: galip (Pidgin), lawele (New Britain), hinuei (New Ireland).
== Distribution ==
Indonesia (Sulawesi, Moluccas, Irian Jaya), Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and surrounding islands. It is often cultivated, especially in Melanesia.
== Uses ==
In Melanesia the seeds are highly esteemed as a food. Oil from the seeds is used as a substitute for coconut oil. The wood is soft and mainly used as firewood.
== Observations ==
Tree, up to 40 m tall and trunk 1 m in diameter, with buttresses. Leaves 3-7-jugate. Infructescences large with up to 30 fruits. Fruit an ovoid drupe, 3-6 cm × 2-3 cm, round to slightly triangular in cross-section. Seed usually 1. In low altitude rain forests, but cultivated up to 600 m. Flowering mainly from October to December, fruiting from July to December. Var. ''platycerioideum'' Leenh. (occurring in Irian Jaya), differs in having larger leaves and larger fruits.
== Selected sources ==
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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Canarium indicum'' (PROSEA)}}
<big>''[[Canarium indicum]]'' L.</big>
__NOTOC__
:Family: Burseraceae
== Synonyms ==
''Canarium amboinense'' Hochr., ''C. commune'' L., ''C. moluccanum'' Blume, ''C. zephyrinum'' Rumphius.
== Vernacular names ==
*Indonesia: kenari ambon (Sundanese), jal (Ambon), kanari bagéa (Moluccas)
*Papua New Guinea: galip (Pidgin), lawele (New Britain), hinuei (New Ireland).
== Distribution ==
Indonesia (Sulawesi, Moluccas, Irian Jaya), Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and surrounding islands. It is often cultivated, especially in Melanesia.
== Uses ==
In Melanesia the seeds are highly esteemed as a food. Oil from the seeds is used as a substitute for coconut oil. The wood is soft and mainly used as firewood.
== Observations ==
Tree, up to 40 m tall and trunk 1 m in diameter, with buttresses. Leaves 3-7-jugate. Infructescences large with up to 30 fruits. Fruit an ovoid drupe, 3-6 cm × 2-3 cm, round to slightly triangular in cross-section. Seed usually 1. In low altitude rain forests, but cultivated up to 600 m. Flowering mainly from October to December, fruiting from July to December. Var. ''platycerioideum'' Leenh. (occurring in Irian Jaya), differs in having larger leaves and larger fruits.
== Selected sources ==
93.
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