BURSERACEAE. 



Determined by Alfred Rehder and E. H. Wilson. 



CANARIUM, L. 



Canarium album Raeuschel, Norn. Bot. ed. 3, 287 (1797). — De 

 Candolle, Prodr. II. 80 (1825). — Hance in Jour. Bot. IX. 39 (1871). 

 — Bretschneider, Early Res. 95 (1881). — Engler in De Candolle, 

 Monog. Phaner. IV. 149 (1883). — Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXIII. 

 113 (1886). —Dunn & Tutcher in Kew Bull. Misc. Inform, add. ser. 

 X. 57 {Fl. Kwangtung& Hongkong) (1912). 



Pimela alba Loureiro, Fl Cochin. 408 (1790). 



Western Szech'uan: Kiating Fu, cultivated, alt. 350 m., June 

 1908 (No. 3816; tree 16 m. tall, girth 2 m., cultivated, but not com- 

 mon) ; near Lu Chou, banks of Yangtsze River, cultivated in orchards, 

 June 1903 (Veitch Exped. No. 3375). Fokien : Ku-shan, cultivated, 

 Dunn's Exped., April to June [1905 (Herb. Bot. Gard. Hongkong, 

 No. 2461). 



This Chinese fruit tree is sparingly cultivated in the warmer parts of western 

 Szech'uan. The largest orchards we have seen are in the department of Lu Chou. 



The smooth, oval fruit of this tree singularly resembles a large olive, hence the 

 name " Chinese olive " applied to it by foreigners. The fruit is gathered when 

 full grown but still green and is kept in shallow vessels of salted or "fresh water 

 until required. It is esteemed as a relish before meals and as an aid to digestion 

 afterwards. It is also employed medicinally. The fruit is also dried and salted 

 or candied, and is also preserved in syrup and used as a sweetmeat. 



A picture of this tree will be found under No. 437 of the collection of Wilson's 

 photographs and also in his Vegetation of Western China, No. 144. 



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