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Canarium oleosum (PROSEA)

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<big>''[[Canarium oleosum]]'' (Lamk) Engl.</big>
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:Protologue: Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(4): 241, fig. 136Q-S (1896).
== Synonyms ==
*''Canarium microcarpum'' Willd. (1806), *''Canarium laxiflorum'' Decne (1834).
== Vernacular names ==
== Observations ==
*A medium-sized to large tree up to 50 m tall, bole up to 50 cm in diameter, sometimes buttressed, bark surface almost black, inner bark exuding a yellow and fragrant resin; stipules .*Stipules absent; leaves with (1-)7(-11) leaflets, leaflets with a gradually narrowing blunt apex, margin entire, glabrous, with 10-15 pairs of secondary veins which are conspicuous on both sides; inflorescence .*Inflorescence axillary, narrowly and laxly paniculate; flowers .*Flowers 5-7 mm long, stamens 6; fruit .*Fruit ovoid to obovoid, circular in cross-section, 12-20 mm × 7-13 mm, glabrous.  ''C. oleosum'' is found in primary and secondary forest, up to 400(-1200) m altitude. The density of the wood is 560-740 kg/m<sup>3</sup>at 15% moisture content.
== Selected sources ==
145, 162, 342, 366.
 
== Authors ==
 
M.S.M. Sosef (selection of species)
 
== Main genus page ==
 
*[[Canarium (PROSEA Timbers)|''Canarium'']]
[[Category:Timbers (PROSEA)]]
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