Canarium

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Canarium indicum
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Canarium is a genus of about 75 species of tropical trees in the family Burseraceae, native to tropical Africa and southern Asia, from southern Nigeria east to Madagascar, Mauritius, India, southern China, Indonesia and the Philippines. They are large evergreen trees up to 40-50 m tall, with alternate, pinnate leaves.

Uses

Several species have edible nuts, known as Canarium nut, Pili nut or Galip nut. C. indicum and C. ovatum are among the most important nut-bearing trees in eastern Indonesia plus the SW Pacific and the Philippines respectively. Other species, most importantly C. luzonicum, produce the resin elemi.

Canarium odontophyllum (common name, Dabai) is a species of Canarium which is a delicious and nutritious fruit which tastes something like avocado. The skin and flesh are edible afer soaking in warm water. The fruit contains protein, fat and carbohydrate, thereby making it a perfect food. It has been introduced from Borneo to Queensland, Australia. In addition to food for humans, this plant's fruit may be eaten by certain lemurs such as the Red-bellied Lemur in Madagascar's eastern rainforests.

Fatty-acid methyl ester of C. commune oil meets all of the major biodiesel requirements in the USA (ASTM D 6751-02, ASTM PS 121-99), Germany (DIN V 51606) and European Union (EN 14214).

Selected species

Canarium album Canarium australianum Canarium bengalense Canarium commune Canarium decumanum Canarium denticulatum Canarium harveyi Canarium indicum Canarium kipella Canarium luzonicum Canarium madagascariense Canarium manii

Canarium mehenbethene Canarium muelleri Canarium odontophyllum Canarium ovatum Canarium paniculatum Canarium pimela Canarium pseudosumatranum Canarium schweinfurthii Canarium strictum Canarium tramdenum Canarium zeylanicum

External links

• International Plant Genetic Resources Institute: Pili Nut
• Canarium pseudosumatranum factsheet
• Photo of Canarium ovatum foliage and nuts
• Photo of Canarium album foliage
• Prospects and potential of fatty acid methyl esters of some non-traditional seed oils for use as biodiesel in IndiaTemplate:Sapindales-stub