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Canarium sumatranum (PROSEA)

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<big>''[[Canarium sumatranum]]'' Boerl. & Koord.</big>
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:Protologue: Koord.-Schum., Syst. Verz. 2: 25 (1910).
== Observations ==
*A large tree up to 50 m tall, bole straight, branchless for up to 21 m, up to 120 cm in diameter, bark surface smooth to roughly scaly, greyish-yellow to green, inner bark exuding a resin turning black, bole and branches thorny when young; stipules .*Stipules absent or early caducous, inserted at the base of the petiole, narrow; leaves with 7-11 pairs of leaflets, often lacking a terminal leaflet, leaflets distinctly to gradually acuminate at apex, margin entire, glabrous, with 20-30 pairs of secondary veins which are visible on both surfaces; inflorescence .*Inflorescence axillary, laxly paniculate; male .*Male flowers 8-9 mm long, female ones 6 mm long, stamens 6; fruit .*Fruit ovoid, rounded triangular in cross-section, 15 mm × 10 mm, glabrous.  ''C. sumatranum'' is found scattered in primary and secondary lowland and hill forest, up to 500 m altitude. The density of the sapwood is 370-650 kg/m<sup>3</sup>at 15% moisture content.
== Selected sources ==
9, 162, 342, 366, 474, 705.
 
== Authors ==
 
*M.S.M. Sosef (selection of species)
 
== Main genus page ==
 
*[[Canarium (PROSEA Timbers)|''Canarium'']]
[[Category:Timbers (PROSEA)]]
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