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Canarium pimela
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Canarium pimela, also called Chinese black olive, is a species of tree in the family Burseraceae. It is found in Indo-China; in Vietnam it is called trám đen or cà na. In Thai, it's called 'Nam Liab (หนำเลี้ยบ)'. The Catalogue of Life does not record any sub-species. Once boiled in salt water the fruit are edible, resembling the flavor of salted plums, and are used in Chinese cuisine as a seasoning.
- Family
- Burseraceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Canarium pimela
- Slug
- canarium-pimela
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Burseraceae
- Genus
- Canarium
- Species
- pimela
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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