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<big>''[[Canarium australianum]]'' F. v. Mueller</big>
__NOTOC__
:Protologue: Fragm. 3: 15 (1862).
== Distribution ==
South-eastern New Guinea and northern Australia.
== Uses ==
The wood is used as kedondong, e.g. for furniture and joinery, and is locally preferred for tool handles. The resin has been used by aborigines to secure spear heads.
== Observations ==
A medium-sized tree up to 30 m tall, bole up to 45 cm in diameter; stipules caducous, narrow; leaves with 7-9(-15) leaflets, leaflets rounded to acute or shortly blunt-acuminate at apex, margin entire to slightly dentate, glabrous to minutely tomentose below, with 15-24 pairs of secondary veins; inflorescence axillary, narrowly paniculate; flowers 4-6.5 mm long, stamens 6; fruit ovoid, circular to bluntly triangular in cross-section, c. 20 mm × 12.5 mm, glabrous. The species is divided into 3 varieties, 2 of which occur in New Guinea: var. ''australianum'' and var. ''glabrum'' Leenh. ''C. australianum'' is found in rain and monsoon forest, in Australia in drier vegetations and even on coastal sands too, apparently restricted to areas with a periodically dry season, at low altitude. See also the table on wood properties.
== Selected sources ==
59, 162, 342, 366.
[[Category:Timbers (PROSEA)]]
[[Category:PROSEA]]
{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Canarium australianum'' (PROSEA)}}
<big>''[[Canarium australianum]]'' F. v. Mueller</big>
__NOTOC__
:Protologue: Fragm. 3: 15 (1862).
== Distribution ==
South-eastern New Guinea and northern Australia.
== Uses ==
The wood is used as kedondong, e.g. for furniture and joinery, and is locally preferred for tool handles. The resin has been used by aborigines to secure spear heads.
== Observations ==
A medium-sized tree up to 30 m tall, bole up to 45 cm in diameter; stipules caducous, narrow; leaves with 7-9(-15) leaflets, leaflets rounded to acute or shortly blunt-acuminate at apex, margin entire to slightly dentate, glabrous to minutely tomentose below, with 15-24 pairs of secondary veins; inflorescence axillary, narrowly paniculate; flowers 4-6.5 mm long, stamens 6; fruit ovoid, circular to bluntly triangular in cross-section, c. 20 mm × 12.5 mm, glabrous. The species is divided into 3 varieties, 2 of which occur in New Guinea: var. ''australianum'' and var. ''glabrum'' Leenh. ''C. australianum'' is found in rain and monsoon forest, in Australia in drier vegetations and even on coastal sands too, apparently restricted to areas with a periodically dry season, at low altitude. See also the table on wood properties.
== Selected sources ==
59, 162, 342, 366.
[[Category:Timbers (PROSEA)]]
[[Category:PROSEA]]
