Canarium multiflorum Engl.

  • Filed As

    Burseraceae
    Canarium cf. multiflorum Engl.

  • Collector(s)

    D. C. Daly 14501 with S. Federman, C. Rakotovao, A. Downie, T. Andriamiarison, 3-Jun-14

  • Location

    Madagascar. Sava. Vohemar (Distr.). Commune Daraina: trail to Binara.

  • Habitat

    Disturbed riparian forest. locally abundant along small river. sandy soils.

  • Description

    Tree. Tree 30 m x 130 cm diam. Thick plank buttresses ca. 2 m high and extending ca. 3 m from base. Outer bark gray, fairly densely lenticellate, shed acropetally in thick, irregular plates up to 50 cm long and 8 mm thick. Inner bark beige, rose-tinted. Leaves 6-7-jugate. Stipules semi-orbicular, cordate and constricted at base. Fruits pendent, 3.5-4.5 x 2.7-3 cm, consistently slightly obovoid, surface densely white-lenticellate, rest of surface green, mature fruit said by locals to be yellow and eaten by brown lemurs. Phenology of specimen: fruit.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 3107486

    Occurrence ID: f4955f2d-d30f-467f-86ed-5cb9a9a630ab

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  • Region

    Africa

  • Country

    Madagascar

  • State/Province

    Sava

  • County/Municipio

    Vohemar (Distr.)

  • Locality

    Commune Daraina: trail to Binara

  • Elevation

    Alt. 107 m. (351 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -13.2427, 49.6471

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New York Botanical Garden
Canariununultiflorum (A. W. Benn.) H. J. Lam
det. 2017, D. Daly
(^7A6r
The New York Botanical Garden
Burseraceae
Canarium
Madagascar. Sava. Vohemar. Commune Daraina: trail to
Binara.
-13.24274°, -49.64706°
107 m.
Disturbed riparian forest, sandy soils.
Tree 30 m x 130 cm diam. Thick plank buttresses ca. 2 m
high and extending ca. 3 m from base. Outer bark gray,
fairly densely lenticellate, shed acropetally in thick, irregular
plates up to 50 cm long and 8 mm thick. Inner bark beige,
rose-tinted. Leaves 6-7-jugate. Stipules semi-orbicular,
cordate and constricted at base. Fruits pendent, 3.5-4.5 x
2.7-3 cm, consistently slightly obovoid, surface densely
white-lenticellate, rest of surface green, mature fruit said by
locals to be yellow and eaten by brown lemurs, locally
abundant along small river.
Use: resin used as fire-starter
3-Jun-14
D. C. Daly, S. Federman, C. Rakotovao, A. Downie, T.
Andriamiarison 14501
ucui vnBK BOTANICAL GARDEN
03107486
NYdb
03107486