Common Name:

General Information

Canarium pseudosumatranum is a tree that can grow up to around 50 metres tall. The bole can be 12ocm in diameter with short, thick buttresses[].
The tree is harvested from the wild for its wood, which is used locally and also exported.
The tree is threatened by habitat loss due to clear-felling/logging, infrastructure development and expansion of human settlement[]. It is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2011)[].

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

Range

Southeast Asia - Malaysia.

Habitat

Lowland and hill forests[]. Scattered as very large trees in lowland forest and hill forest at elevations from 300 - 920 metres[].

Properties

Conservation Status	Least Concern
Other Uses Rating
Habit	Tree
Height	40.00 m
Pollinators	Insects
Self-fertile	No
Cultivation Status	Wild

Cultivation Details

Natural regeneration is believed to be scarce because of the scattered distribution of trees and possibly also because of levels of fruit harvesting[].
A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required[].

Edible Uses

None known

Medicinal

None known

Other Uses

The wood is used for house building, light construction, floorings, interiors, furniture, joinery, canoes, veneer and plywood[].
This species is one of the sources of kedondong timber, which is obtained from several species in the family Burseraceae[]. We do not have a specific description of the wood for this species, but the general description of kedondong wood is as follows:-
The heartwood is generally a light brown; it is not sharply demarcated from the 3 - 5cm wide band of lighter-coloured sapwood. The texture is moderately fine and even; the grain is interlocked to wavy; the surface is lustrous. The wood is light in weight; moderately hard; not very durable, being susceptible to fungi, dry wood borers and termites. It seasons somewhat slowly with only a slight risk of checking and distortion; once dry it is moderately stable to stable in service. The wood has a fairly high blunting effect, stellite-tipped and tungsten carbide tools are recommended; it is moderately easy to slightly difficult to plane; finishes smooth to rough; can be easy to very difficult to bore; slightly difficult to difficult to turn; nailing and screwing properties are good; gluing is correct. The wood is suitable for internal use as a general utility timber for planking, cladding, plywood, flooring, furniture, packing cases, pallets and general carpentry work[, ].

Propagation

Seed - we have no specific information for this species but seeds of this genus generally have a hard seed coat and germinate erratically. Filing away some of the seed coat to allow moisture to enter more readily, without damaging the seed, will encourage a faster and more even germination[].

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