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Burseraceae FAMILY

Canarium salomonense

Canarium salomonense

Edibility
4/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Canarium salomonense is a tree growing up to 30 metres tall. The bole can be 30 - 50cm in diameter; it is buttressed and sometimes has stilt roots[ 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 mainly harvested from the wild for its edible seed, which is eaten locally. It is also sometimes cultivated near villages and is considered to have a significant commercial potential[ 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. , 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. , 1817 Title South Pacific Indigenous Nuts. ACIAR Proceedings No 69 Publication Author Stevens M.L.; Bourke R.M. & Evans B.R. Publisher Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research; Canbe Year 1996 ISBN 1 86320 175 0 Description Proceedings of a workshop held from 31 October to 4 November 1994 at Le Lagon Resort, Port Vila, Vanuatu. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeAustralasia - New Guinea to the Solomon Islands.
HabitatRainforests at elevations up to 500 metres[ 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. ].