Listing ID #5835449
Company Information
Ask for more detail from the seller
Contact Supplier
The genus Canarium L. probably originated from the North American conti-nent, not Gondwanaland [1]. This clade embraces 75 species of trees which aremainly found in tropical Asia and the Pacific, and a few species in tropicalAfrica [2]. About 9 species were found in the Philippines [2]. The geographi-cal centre of their genetic diversity is the Molucca Islands of eastern Indone-sia, but their centre of cultivated diversity is undoubtedly western Melanesia.Twenty to 25 species are found in the South Pacific, of which 21 are in PapuaNew Guinea [4], eight in the Solomon Islands [5] and 3 or 4 in Vanuatu [6].The members of the genus Canarium L. consist of medium to large buttressedtrees up to 40-50m tall, or rarely a shrub. The barks are greenish grey, fawn orlight yellow brown that are usually smooth, scaly or dippled with many smalllenticels. Outer bark are thin while the inner barks are pinkish brown orreddish brown, laminated, soft and aromatic with a clear sticky or rarely oilyexudate. The stems are usually terete. The leaves are pinnate, spiral and stipulated. The rachis is terete flattened tochanneled swollen at base, and bears 5-21 folioles. The folioles are oblique atbase, entire, dentate or serrate at margin, often thick and acuminiate at apex.The secondary nerves are arching and joined near margin. The tertiary nervesare reticulate. The infloresence is an axillary or terminal panicle
Nature of Business
Manufacturer / Exporter / Supplier / Retailer
Number of Employees
20 - 50
Year of Establishment
1920
Connect with us
For Buyer 
For Seller 
Help 
