Canarium polyphyllum
K. Schum.
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Description
A tree. It grows 14 m tall. The leaves have long leaf stalks. The leaves have 6-10 pairs of leaflets. The flowers are olive green. The fruit are purple.
Edible Uses
Seed. The decorticated seeds yield up to 68.2% of oil. This solidifies at 19 - 20°c. The residue, after extracting the oil, contains 61% proteins The fat would probably be applicable for the margarine industry.
Traditional Uses
The fruit yields an oil that can be used for margarine.
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Distribution
A tropical plant.
Where It Grows
Asia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua, Papua New Guinea, PNG, SE Asia,
Cultivation
Plants are grown from seeds.
Propagation
Seed - we have no specific information for this species but seeds of this genus generally have a hard seed coat and germinate erratically. Filing away some of the seed coat to allow moisture to enter more readily, without damaging the seed, will encourage a faster and more even germination.
Other Uses
The wood of most species in the genus Canarium is usually soft to moderately hard and probably not very durable in exposed positions. It is not, therefore of any great commercial value and is only used locally or not at all.
Notes
There are 80-95 Canarium species.
Synonyms
References (5)
- Bircher, A. G. & Bircher, W. H., 2000, Encyclopedia of Fruit Trees and Edible Flowering Plants in Egypt and the Subtropics. AUC Press. p 79
- K. M. Schumann & U. M. Hollrung, Fl. Kais. Wilh. Land 63. 1889
- Tanaka, p 126
- Uphof, 1968
- www.pngplants.org
