Canarium pulchrebracteatum Guillaumin

New York Botanical Garden
Conarium pulchrebracteatum Guillaumin
det. 2016, D. Daly & S. Federman
The Mew York Botanical Garden
Burseraceae
Canarium
Madagascar. Tamatave. Commune Ambodirina,
Réserve Intégrale Naturelle Betampona.
17°55'26"S, 49° 11'58”E
400-600 m.
Primary moist forest on sharply undulating terrain.
Discontinuous canopy ca. 20 m tall, high density of lianas,
low epiphyte load, herb layer of variable density, Sandy
clay soil.
20.69cm diam x 13m tall. Relative tree height: Emergent.
Trail in reserve: PPR. Relative light: High. Gradient of
slope, degrees: 10. Direction of crest, degrees: 290.
Use:	Resin	used	for caulking pirogues (canoes) and for
illumination, also burned in tromba ceremony.
N.V. Ramy [Malagasy]
9 Mar 2008
S. Federman, T. Treuer, Sylvain 42
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