Burseraceae FAMILY

Canarium acutifolium

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

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Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Canarium acutifolium is a tree that usually grows up to 20 metres tall, though specimens to 40 metres have been recorded. The straight, cylindrical bole can be unbranched for more than half its height; it is 20 - 90cm in diameter, sometimes with buttresses up to 3 metres high[ 388 Title Guide to the Trees of Papua New Guinea Publication Author Conn. B.J. & Damas. K.Q. Website http://www.pngplants.org/PNGtrees/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An Internet site giving good descriptions of the trees of Papua New Guinea. , 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 ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use of its resin and wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Indonesia to New Guinea.

HabitatDense, primary forest, also in the more open, secondary formations; especially along forest-edges, river-banks and in clearings; mostly on wet (sometimes temporarily inundated) clayey soil; at elevations up to 200 metres, occasionally to 700 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 ].