Biology:Canarium strictum
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Canarium strictum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Burseraceae |
| Genus: | Canarium |
| Species: | C. strictum
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| Binomial name | |
| Canarium strictum Roxb.
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Canarium strictum, known by common names including black dhup, Raal, Raal dhup and black dammar, is a species of tree in the family Burseraceae (the incense tree family).[1] It is known for the medicinal and commercial use of the resin it exudates, called black dammar.[2][3]
Habit and habitat
It is found in moist deciduous to semi-evergreen forests. It grows up to 40 meters (130 ft) tall at altitudes in the range of 750–1,400 meters (2,460–4,590 ft). The leaves of this large canopy tree are bipinnate.
References
- ↑ 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). http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol13/iss2/art11/.
- ↑ Meena, Desha; Binaibabu, Nagarajan; Doss, Jesubalan (Jul–Sep 2012). "Future Prospects For The Critically Endangered Medicinally Important Species, Canarium Strictum Roxb. It is commonly found in Karnataka because it was found a lot in this area in the older centuries. A Review". International Journal of Conservation Science (IJCS) 3 (3): 231–237. http://www.ijcs.uaic.ro/pub/IJCS-12-23-Meena.pdf.
- ↑ ND, Namsa 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.
Further reading
- Tambat, B.; Rajanikanth, G.; Ravikanth, G.; Shaanker, R.; Ganeshaiah, K.; Kushalappa, C. (2005). "Seedling mortality in two vulnerable tree species in the sacred groves of Western Ghats, South India". Current Science 88 (3): 350–2.
- "Ethnomedicinal Plants of the Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu, India." (PDF). Ethnobotanical Leaflets 12: 79–95. 2008. http://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1044&context=ebl.
Wikidata ☰ Q10441388 entry
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