Trees or shrub usually is secreting resin or oil but without pellucid gland-dots in the leaves; the outer bark often peeling off in flakes, scrolls, strips or sheets, usually translucent, transmitting light to the green or bluish green under-bark.
The genus, Canarium, which was derived from the Malay name kanari, the local of one of the species, contains about 75 species of trees. The species are found in tropical Asia and the Pacific, although a few species are also found in tropical Africa.
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*Canarium indicum or canarium nut: is important in Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea
The nut has long regarded as a species well suited to community forestry and mixed arboricultural systems. It is an important nut-producing species in Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu.
Canarium nut has been cultivated in Melanesia for thousand years and is an extremely important tree in traditional, customary life.
*Canarium album or Chinese olive: is important in Thailand and Vietnam for its edible pulp and kernel.
*Canarium luzonicum of the Philippines is important for its oily resin which tapped from the trunk. It is commonly name as ‘pisa’ and ‘basiad’. When processed, it is called ‘brea blanca’ and is exported as Manila elemi.
Canarium spp.
