Canarium strictum

Canarium strictum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Burseraceae
Genus: Canarium
Species: C. strictum
Binomial name
Canarium strictum
Roxb.

Canarium strictum is a species of the order Sapindales in the family Burseraceae[1] known for its medicinal and commercial use of the resin it exudates, “Dammar” or “Sambrani[2][3][4]

Habit and Habitat

It is found in moist deciduous to semi-evergreen forests. It grows up to 40 meters tall at altitudes ranging from about 750 to 1400 meters.The leaves of this large canopy tree are bipinnate.[5]

References

  1. Varghese, Anita; Ticktin, Tamara. "Regional Variation in Non-Timber Forest Product Harvest Strategies, Trade, and Ecological Impacts: the Case of Black Dammar (Canarium strictum Roxb.) Use and Conservation in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, India". Ecology and Society 13 (2).
  2. "Canarium strictum (Dammar)". RESET,Iboga, Shamanic tools, Arts & Info.
  3. Meena, Desha; Binaibabu, Nagarajan; Doss, Jesubalan (Jul–Sep 2012). "Future Prospects For The Critically Endangered Medicinally Important Species, Canarium Strictum Roxb. A Review" (PDF). International Journal of Conservation Science (IJCS) 3 (3): 231–237.
  4. ND, Namsa; Tag, Hui; Mandal, M.; Kalita, P.; Das, A.K.; et al. (Sep 7, 2009). "An ethnobotanical study of traditional anti-inflammatory plants used by the Lohit community of Arunachal Pradesh, India". Journal of EthnoPharmacology 125 (2): 234–245. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2009.07.004. PMID 19607898.
  5. "Genus: Burseraceae (Copal family)".

Further reading


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