Plant Encyclopedia
Canarium luzonicum (elemi)
Japanese name: エレミ
Scientific name: Canarium luzonicum
[Overview]
A large evergreen tree.
It is dioecious.
The leaves are alternate and pinnately compound, with oil dots.
It produces axillary or terminal panicles.
The flowers are small and white, usually with 3 petals.
The fruit is a drupe, elliptical to ovate.
[Uses]
The resin is used as incense, as a raw material for printing ink and varnish, and as medicine.
Details
Names
English: elemi, Manila elemi
Japanese: エレミ、マニラエレミ
Japanese: エレミ、マニラエレミ
Life form
Tree
Evergreen / deciduous
Evergreen
Leaf type
Broadleaf
Habit
Terrestrial
Distribution or origin
Philippines
Growth form
Upright
Leaf shape
Odd-pinnate compound leaf
Leaf arrangement
Alternate
Leaf margin
Entire
Inflorescence
Panicle
Number of petals
3
Flower color
White
Leaf color
Green
Availability of seeds and plants
High
Form sold
Seedlings
Soil needs
Required
Scent
Resinous
Uses
Essential oil, Medicinal, Other
Designated plants
VU
Translated from our Japanese encyclopedia. If anything differs, the Japanese page is correct.