Burseraceae FAMILY

Canarium pimela

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitTree

Growth—

Requires a sunny position^[1]. Prefers a deep humid soil^[1]. Plants are usually found in the wild growing on well-drained quite steep slopes^[1]. Natural regeneration is good under a forest cover of 30 - 40%^[1]. A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required^[2].

Propagation

Seed - we have no specific information for this species but seeds of this genus generally have a hard seed coat and germinate erratically. Filing away some of the seed coat to allow moisture to enter more readily, without damaging the seed, will encourage a faster and more even germination^[3]. Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Canarium+pimela>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

[1]Trees of Laos and Vietnam - A Field Guide to 100 species. — Hoang Van Sam; Khamseng Nanthavong; Kessler P.J.A. · Blumea · 2004 ↩︎A detailed guide, with excellent line-drawings, to 100 of the more important trees of Laos and Vietnam. A very good work, giving lots of information about each plant. Originally published in the journal Blumea, it is available as a PDF on the Interne
[2]Flora Malesiana Series 1 — Various · Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch · http://www.archive.org ↩︎A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet
[3]Food Plants of Papua New Guinea — French. B.R. · Author. · 2006 ↩︎Published on-line in PDF format, this book contains information on several hundred New Guinea food plants.
[4]Flora of China — Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. · 1994 · http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ ↩︎An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available.
[5]Plant Resources of Southeast Asia — http://proseanet.org/ ↩︎Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia.
[6]Medicinal Plants of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. — Nguyen Van Duong · Mekong Printing; Vietnam (Printers) · 1993 · ISBN 0-9837303-1-2 ↩︎Published by the author, this is an excellent book on the medicinal attributes of plants growing in the area that used to be called Indo-China.