Scientific Name: Canarium australasicum (was Canarium baileyanum)

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  • Common Name:
    Mango Bark
  • Derivation:
    was C. baileyanum
  • Type:
    Tall densely growing tree
  • Family:
    BURSERACEAE
  • Flowers:
    Red, three petals in panicles, dioecious, November to December
  • Fruit:
    Bluish fleshy drupe 10 mm
  • Vegetation Type:
    Wet and sub-tropical rainforest, araucarian dry vine forest
  • Species List:
    FI Podberscek, Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, Wooroi Palm Grove, Old Tewantin, Fraser Island, Batianoff 87, Upper Yandina Creek, Kin Kin Scrub
Cultural Notes

TAKE CARE! Some information about bush foods and medicines may be anecdotal. Correct identification and preparation is essential:

Fruit reported to be edible -

Identification Notes

Bark brown or grey, shedding in flakes leaving depressions on trunk Branchlets with numerous lenticels Leaf scars distinct .||Leaf compound|Leaflets opposite 3-7. Glossy, without oil dots or domatia. Terminal leaflet present. Swelling at leaf base (pulvinus)||

Associated Fauna

relished by fruit-doves||

Landscaping Notes

Successfully propagated by Barung Landcare||