Login
Login

Canarium caudatum

{{Short description|Species of tree}}

{{Speciesbox

| image =

| image_caption =

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref =

| genus = Canarium

| species = caudatum

| authority = King{{cite journal|last1=King|first1=George|title=Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula|journal=The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal|date=1893|volume=62|issue=2|pages=240–241|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37190637}}

| synonyms =

  • Canarium pauciflorum {{Au|Ridl.}}

| synonyms_ref =

}}

Canarium caudatum is a species of tree in the family Burseraceae. The specific epithet caudatum means 'tailed', referring to the tapering of the tree's leaflet.

Description

Canarium caudatum grows up to {{convert|36|m|-1}} tall with a trunk diameter of up to {{convert|40|cm|0}}. The bark is scaly and grey. The flowers are yellow-brown. The fruits are spindle-shaped and measure up to {{convert|8|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long.

Distribution and habitat

Canarium caudatum is native to Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo. Its habitat is lowland mixed dipterocarp and kerangas forests from sea-level to {{convert|230|m|-2}} altitude.

References

{{Reflist | refs =

{{cite iucn |author= Ling, C.Y. |author2= Damit, A. |author3= Randi, A. |author4= Chen, J. |author5= Seah, W.W. |date=2023 |title= Canarium caudatum |volume=2023 |page= e.T224976509A224976511 |url= https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/224976509/224976511 |access-date=9 February 2025}}

{{cite POWO |title=Canarium caudatum King |id=127298-1 |access-date=16 February 2025}}

{{Catalogue of Life |id=QJH4 |title=Canarium caudatum |access-date=16 February 2025}}

{{Cite book | last1 = Kochummen | first1 = K. M. | date = 1995 | contribution = Canarium caudatum King | editor1-last = Soepadmo | editor1-first = E. | editor2-last = Wong | editor2-first = K. M. | title = Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak | volume = 1 | pages = 51–52 | publisher = Forest Research Institute Malaysia | isbn = 983-9592-34-3}}

}}

{{Taxonbar|from=Q15540866}}

caudatum

Category:Trees of Sumatra

Category:Trees of Peninsular Malaysia

Category:Trees of Borneo

Category:Plants described in 1894

Category:Taxa named by George King (botanist)

{{Sapindales-stub}}