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Canarium strictum Roxb.

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Canarium strictum Roxb.
Canarium strictum Roxb.
Canarium strictum resin
Canarium strictum resin
Canarium strictum Habit
Canarium strictum Habit
Canarium strictum leaves
Canarium strictum leaves
Canarium strictum Roxb.
Canarium strictum Roxb.
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Canarium strictum resin
Canarium strictum Habit
Canarium strictum leaves
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymCanarium resiniferum Bruce ex King
synonymCanarium sikkimense King
synonymPimela stricta (Roxb.) Bl.
🗒 Common Names
Assamese
  • Dhuna-goch
English
  • Black Dammar
  • Black dammar tree
  • Black dammer
  • Black dhup
  • Doopa.
  • Indian white Mahogany
Kannada
  • Nalla Rojanamu.
Malayalam
  • Karutha-kungiliyam
  • Kungiliyium
  • Kunthirikkam
  • Pantappayan
  • Pantham
  • Thelli
  • Thellippayin
  • Thellippayin.
  • Viraka
Other
  • Dhoopam
  • Karunkundhirikam
  • Karuppu dhamar
  • Karuppu kungiliyam
  • Marathi - Dhup
  • Ral-dhup
  • Tamil
Tamil
  • Karangkunthrikam.
  • Karunkungiliyam
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Tree
Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
Contributors 
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    Occasionally canopy trees in the evergreen forests up to 1600 m.
    B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
    Attributions B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
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      Brief
      Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Tree
      Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
      Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
      Contributors 
      Status UNDER_CREATION
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        Diagnostic Keys
        Description
        Habit: Tree
        G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
        Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
        Contributors 
        Status UNDER_CREATION
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          Trees, to 30 m high, bole straight, buttressed; bark 4-7 mm thick, surface grey-brown or yellow, smooth, exfoliation small, irregular; blaze yellowish, aromatic; exudation brownish-black, resinous; branchlets velvety-tomentose. Leaves imparipinnate, alternate; stipules obscure; rachis 22-36 cm long, stout, tomentose, swollen at base; leaflets 7-11, opposite; petioule 3-10 mm long, stout, tomentose; lamina 7-16 x 3.5-7 cm, ovate, ovate-lanceolate, oblong-ovate or elliptic-ovate, base acute or oblique, apex acuminate, margin serrulate or crenulate, glabrous above, rusty tomentose beneath, coriaceous; lateral nerves 10-20 pairs, parallel, prominent; intercostae scalariform, prominent. Flowers polygamous, 5-6 mm across, bright yellow; in large axillary panicles; bracts cauducous; male flowers; pedicels short; calyx tube campanulate, pubescent without, 5 mm; lobes 3, 1 mm; petals 3, oblong, concave, apiculate; disc annular, to 6 lobed, apically pilose; staminal tube to 3 mm; stamens 6, free from the disc; filaments 1 to 2 mm; anthers oblong, subequal; pistillode short; bisexual flowers: pedicles elongate; calyx urceolate, 4 mm, pubescent; lobes 3, valvate; petals 3, white, 1 cm long, oblong, pubescent without; disc obscurely lobed, pilose above; staminal tube to 3 mm; filaments 0.5 mm; anthers subequal; ovary superior, to 3.5 mm, 3-celled, ovules 1 in each cell; style 1, stout; stigma capitate, 2-3 lobed. Fruit a drupe, 3.5 x 1.5 cm, ellipsoid, dark blue, 1-3-celled; seeds 1-3.
          Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
          Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
          Contributors 
          Status UNDER_CREATION
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            Habit

            Large trees, buttressed, up to 30 m tall.

            Trunk & Bark

            Trunk clear bole; bark brownish, lenticellate.

            Branches and Branchlets

            Branchlets terete, ferruginous tomentose.

            Exudates

            Resin dark brown to black oozing from cut end of trunk.

            Leaves

            Leaves compound, imparipinnate, alternate, spiral, clustered at twig ends, to 40 cm; rachis ferruginous pubescent; leaflets 3-9 pair with odd one at apex, increasing in size towards apex; petiolule 0.3-0.7 cm long; lamina 5-15 x 2.5-7 cm usually oblong, sometimes ovate, apex acuminate, base asymmetric-rounded; margin serrate or serrulate, coriaceous, rusty tomentose or pubescent beneath, glabrous above; secondary nerves strong, 11-18 pairs; tertiary nerves weakly percurrent.

            Inflorescence / Flower

            Inflorescence axillary panicles, rusty tomentose.

            Fruit and Seed

            Drupe, ellipsoid, to 5 cm long; seeds 1-3.

            B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
            Attributions B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
            Contributors 
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              📚 Natural History
              Cyclicity
              Flowering and fruiting: January-December
              Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
              Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
              Contributors 
              Status UNDER_CREATION
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                Morphology

                Growth Form

                Tree
                Tree
                Ecology
                Occasionally canopy trees in the evergreen forests up to 1600 m.
                B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
                Attributions B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
                Contributors 
                Status UNDER_CREATION
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                  Miscellaneous Details
                  Notes: Western Ghats & Eastern Ghats, Moist Deciduous Forests
                  G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                  Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                  Contributors 
                  Status UNDER_CREATION
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                    📚 Habitat and Distribution
                    General Habitat
                    Semi evergreen forests, moist deciduous forests
                    Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                    Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                    Contributors 
                    Status UNDER_CREATION
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                      Evergreen forests
                      Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                      Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                      Contributors 
                      Status UNDER_CREATION
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                        Description
                        Maharashtra: Kolhapur, Pune, Raigad Karnataka: Chikmagalur, Coorg, Hassan, Mysore, N. Kanara, Shimoga Kerala: Idukki, Kollam, Kozhikode, Malapuram, Palakkad, Pathanamthitta, Malapuram, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wynad Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Dindigul, Kanniyakumari, Nilgiri, Salem, Tirunelveli
                        G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                        Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                        Contributors 
                        Status UNDER_CREATION
                        Licenses CC_BY
                        References 
                          Global Distribution

                          India: Assam, Kerala

                          Indian Distribution

                          Throughout Assam

                          Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                          Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                          Contributors 
                          Status UNDER_CREATION
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                            Global Distribution

                            India and Upper Myanmar

                            Indian distribution

                            State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Kozhikkode, Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad

                            Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                            Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                            Contributors 
                            Status UNDER_CREATION
                            Licenses CC_BY
                            References 
                              India and Myanmar; in the Western Ghats- South and Central Sahyadris.
                              B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
                              Attributions B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
                              Contributors 
                              Status UNDER_CREATION
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                                📚 Occurrence
                                No Data
                                📚 Uses and Management
                                Uses

                                System of Medicines Used In

                                Ayurveda
                                Ayurveda
                                Folk medicine
                                Folk medicine
                                Siddha
                                Siddha
                                System Of Medicines Used In

                                Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Siddha

                                FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=418
                                Attributions FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=418
                                Contributors 
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                                  Medicinal
                                  Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                                  Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                                  Contributors 
                                  Status UNDER_CREATION
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                                    📚 Information Listing
                                    References
                                    1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983; Matthew, 1983, Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000
                                    1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=418
                                    1. Canarium strictum Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3: 138. 1832; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 534. 1875; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 172(123). 1915; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 108. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 47. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 107. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 108. 1994; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 22,30. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 86. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 129. 1997; V. Chithra & A.N. Henry in Hajra et al., Fl. India 4: 440. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 56. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 59. 1999; Ravikumar & Ved, Illustr. Field Guide 100 Red Listed Med. Pl. 74. 2000 Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 39. 2000; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 52. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 147. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 115. 2005; A.N. Henry & V. Chithra in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 629. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 202. 2009.
                                    Information Listing > References
                                    1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983; Matthew, 1983, Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000
                                    2. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=418
                                    3. Canarium strictum Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3: 138. 1832; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 534. 1875; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 172(123). 1915; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 108. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 47. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 107. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 108. 1994; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 22,30. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 86. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 129. 1997; V. Chithra & A.N. Henry in Hajra et al., Fl. India 4: 440. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 56. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 59. 1999; Ravikumar & Ved, Illustr. Field Guide 100 Red Listed Med. Pl. 74. 2000 Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 39. 2000; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 52. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 147. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 115. 2005; A.N. Henry & V. Chithra in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 629. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 202. 2009.

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                                    📚 Meta data
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                                    🐾 Taxonomy
                                    RootRoot
                                    KingdomPlantae
                                    PhylumTracheophyta
                                    ClassMagnoliopsida
                                    OrderSapindales
                                    FamilyBurseraceae
                                    GenusCanarium
                                    SpeciesCanarium strictum Roxb.
                                    📊 Temporal Distribution
                                    📷 Related Observations
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