Burseraceae FAMILY

Canarium decumanum

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Canarium decumanum is an evergreen tree; it can grow 30 - 60 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be unbranched for most of its height; it is 100 - 200cm in diameter, and has very large buttresses that can be up to 8 metres tall and 5 metres across[ 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet , 658 Title Food Plants of Papua New Guinea Publication Author French. B.R. Publisher Author. Year 2006 ISBN Description Published on-line in PDF format, this book contains information on several hundred New Guinea food plants. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use, especially for its edible seed but also for its wood and resin. It is sometimes cultivated for its edible seed, especially in Java[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - Malaysia, Indonesia to New Guinea.

HabitatA canopy tree of undisturbed forests at elevations up to 100 metres[ 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet ]. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant.