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Canarium australianum

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Burseraceae

Scientific name
  
Canarium australianum

Order
  
Sapindales

Genus
  
Canarium

Rank
  
Species

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Canarium australianum is a species of trees, native to Australia and Papua New Guinea, of the plant family Burseraceae. Common names include mango bark, scrub turpentine, carrot wood, parsnip wood, Melville Island white beech and brown cudgerie.

Three varieties are recognised in the Australian Plant Census:

  • C. australianum F.Muell. var. australianum
  • C. australianum var. glabrum Leenh. - styptic tree, jalgir (Bardi language) - type specimen from Bickerton Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria
  • C. australianum var. velutinum Hewson -jalgir (Bardi language) - type specimen from Cape Domett, north of Kununurra, Western Australia
  • In Australia trees of all three varieties grow naturally widespread across northern regions, from sea level up to about 500 m (1,600 ft) altitude. In particular, growing in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, the Arnhem Land region of the Northern Territory, in north-eastern Queensland in the Wet Tropics region, further southwards from there as far as about Airlie Beach and further north in Cape York Peninsula and the Torres Strait Islands.

    Full grown trees may grow up to about 20–30 m (70–100 ft) tall.

    References

    Canarium australianum Wikipedia


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