Canarium obtusifolium Scott Elliot

  • Filed As

    Burseraceae
    Canarium obtusifolium Scott Elliot

  • Collector(s)

    D. C. Daly 14531 with R. Bernard, A. Downie, T. Andriamiarison, 10-Jun-14

  • Location

    Madagascar. Atsinanana. Toamasina II (Distr.). Toamasina. Atsinanana, Toamasina II. Commune Foulpointe: Analalava.

  • Habitat

    Disturbed moist forest by small road, slope ca. 25 percent. sandy soils.

  • Description

    Tree. Tree 15 m x 51.4 cm diam. Trunk slightly fluted. Outer bark gray, sparsely lenticellate, with deep irregular fissures, shed in narrow and elongate plates up to 10 cm long; inner bark orange, thick, fibrous. Fruits 4.1-4.8 x 3.1-3.3 cm, oblong-ellipsoid, with rust-colored lenticels. Phenology of specimen: fruit.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 3107489

    Occurrence ID: 97a1ff87-989e-4a34-9dff-7d4c8c198822

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  • Region

    Africa

  • Country

    Madagascar

  • State/Province

    Atsinanana

  • County/Municipio

    Toamasina II (Distr.)

  • Locality

    Toamasina. Atsinanana, Toamasina II. Commune Foulpointe: Analalava

  • Elevation

    Alt. 49 m. (161 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -17.7097, 49.4533

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The New York Botanical Garden
Flora of Madagascar
Burseraceae
Canarium obtusifolium Scott-Elliot
Madagascar. Atsinanana. Toamasina II. Commune
Foulpointe: Analalava.
-17.70966°, -49.45326°
49 m.
Disturbed moist forest by small road, slope ca. 25 percent,
sandy soils.
Tree 15 m x 51.4 cm diam. Trunk slightly fluted. Outer
bark gray, sparsely lenticellate, with deep irregular fissures,
shed in narrow and elongate plates up to 10 cm long; inner
bark orange, thick, fibrous. Fruits 4.1 -4.8 x 3.1-3.3 cm,
oblong-ellipsoid, with rust-colored lenticels.
10-Jun-14
D. C. Daly, R. Bernard, A. Downie, T. Andriamiarison
14531
03107489