black dammar PRODUCT NAME
Canarium strictum Roxb. SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | black dammar, black dhup, Indian white mahogany |
| Local Name: | dhoopa (Kurumba) sambrani (Irula) kuruppu kungiliyam, karang kunthirikam (Tamil) kunthirikam, thelli, pantham (Malayalam) manda dhup (Kannada) kala dammar manda-dhup ral dhup karuttukungiliyam karungkungiliam pantham thalli kunthirikka-pavin gugal karapu kongiliam karankungiliam karum kundri kam dhuna konda kundrikam panta-payin thelli-payin gokul dhup nall-rojan nalla-rojanamu almatti dhupa manda dhupa katapu kungalium kunthirikam dhup |
| Family: | Burseraceae |
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| Product Description: | Tall evergreen tree. Whitish grey bark tapped for resin. The young flush is velvety red. Flowers mildly fragrant. Flower: In axillary panicles. Pale yellow. Fruit: an oblong drupe, dark blue when ripe. One see, hard and pointed at both ends. |
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DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | India |
| Description: | Hills above 1100m in moist evergreen oatches and in riparian vegetation. In peninsular India, common in Western and parts of Eastern Ghats. |
USES AND PARTS USED
| Parts Used: | fruits resin |
| Uses: | Fruit is medicinal. A few fruits kept in granaries is an effective pest repellant. Resin collected for rituals. |
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| Partners: | Keystone |
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| External Links: | http://www.cabicompendium.org/NamesLists/FC/Full/CANAST.htm |
