Canarium hirsutum
Burseraceae FAMILY

Canarium hirsutum

Canarium hirsutum

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Canarium hirsutum is a tree that usually grows from 10 - 25 metres tall, with occasionaly specimens to 48 metres recorded. The straight bole can be 20 - 60cm in diameter, exceptionally to 200cm, sometimes with very small buttresses[ 334 Title Flora of Peninsula Malaysia Publication Author Website http://www.tfbc.frim.gov.my Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description In the process of being assembled (15/07/09), it is currently a series of check sheets giving species name, brief description, habitat and high quality photos of the 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 , 701 Title Asean Tropical Plant Database Publication Author Website http://211.114.21.20/tropicalplant/index.jsp Publisher Year ISBN Description Terse details, with photos, of many of the plants growing in the tropical forests of southeast Asia. Gives some details of plant uses along with a description of the plant and its range. ]. The plant produces a hard resin, which is harvested from wild trees for local use[ 46 Title Dictionary of Economic Plants. Publication Author Uphof. J. C. Th. Publisher Weinheim Year 1959 ISBN - Description An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader. ]. The plant also has local medicinal uses.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, to New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
HabitatRather common in dense primary forest, rarely in the more open, secondary formations; growing in wet to dry localities, mostly at low elevations but rarely ascending to 1,800 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 ].