Pili nut tree - Canarium ovatum ( edit )

Botany
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Burseraceae
Sub-family: Burseroideae
(subfam & crops)
Species: Canarium ovatum
Common name: Pili nut tree

Vertical photograph ( אד )

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by Chris Bech - Romblon, PH - 2013 (more photos)

Origin
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Malaysia & Indonesia
(other crops from this region )

Uses

Main use:
nut
Harvest method:
ground gathering
Shelf life:
long shelf life
Yield first season:
40 kg/tree/year
Yield top season:
140 kg/tree
Parameter Concerning part Quality Crop's name Proportion Top-50
Edibility
  • fruit
  • seed/nut
delicatesy
Medicinal
seed/nut
no effect
 Manganese
2.3 mg
2.32 mg
 medicals
Lipids seed/nut
( )
medium
pili oil
70%
80%
 liphids
Apiculture:
inapplicable
 honey
Fruit:
low
 fruits
Nut:
very good
 nuts
Fodder:
inapplicable
 fodder
Wood stem / wood
no timber
pili wood
 420ρ 600ρ timber
Fuel: stem / wood 3 credits 4,600 kcal/kg fuelwood
Minor uses:








  • nut
  • fruit
  • edible leave/shoot
  • oil
  • fuel
  • gum/resin
  • ornamental

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Plant Details
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by Forest - Bulusan, PH - 26 Februari 2017 (more photos)

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Crown
Parameter Value Unit Top-50
Height:
20
 m tallest
Crown width:
18
 m widest
Planting distance:
900
 cm
Row distance:
900
 cm
Growing speed:
medium
 fastest
Shade tolerance:
partial shade
 umbra

Roots
Parameter Value Top-50
RootSystem:
shallow
 hexagon
MycorRhiza:
endo-mycorrhizae
 AM-plants
Symbiotic fungi:
  • Glomus hoi
  • Glomus intraradices
  • Glomus mosseae

 M-fungi
N-fixing:
not able to
 N-plants
Symbiotic bacteria:
N-bact.

Crop Timing
Parameter Value Unit Top-50
First flowering: 5 - 7 Years latest
Soonest commercial removal:
80
 Years fastest
Lifespan:
500
 Years oldest
InterCropModel(ICM):

Regeneration
Parameter Value Top-50
Flower morphology: hermaphroditic
 specials
Pollinators:
insects
 specials
Allelopathy: not allelopathic resists
Abscission: evergreen specials
Invasiveness: not invasive weeds
Thorns: no thorns fencers

Environment
Parameter min optimal max Unit Top-50
Altitude: 0m 250 m 500m meters above sea-level highest
Temperature: 0°C 24°C 32°C Celcius hardiest
Rainfall: 1,400 mm 3200 mm 5,000 mm mm/year (litres/m2) dryest
Soil-pH: 5.0 7.0 pH dryest
Soil-texture:
loam
Climate:
tropical

Seeds
Parameter Value Unit
Seed storage:
recalcitrant
Seed viability:
1
 months
Seed weight:
300
900
 seeds/kg

Tolerances
Parameter Value Top-50
Salt tolerance:
intolerant
 tolerants
Wind tolerance:
very tolerant
 tolerants
Fire tolerance:
intolerant
 tolerants

Pests and Diseases
Pests:
Diseases:
Anthracnose

Propagation instruction
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  • (1) Store harvested seeds in water or in the fruit at room temperature
  • (2) Soak the seeds overnight in warm water before sowing.
  • (3) press the seeds twice its size in the soil soil.
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by L. Catedral - Philippines 2017(more photos) Cainta Plant Nursery, Samar PH - 2013
(more photos)

Seeds Market
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Additional Photos
Stem photo: Crop's photo:
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