Canarium manii
King in J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 62(2): 247. 1894;
Parkinson, For. Fl. Andaman Isl. 116. 1923; Leenh. in Blumea 9: 372. f. 18. 1959.
Medium-sized to large deciduous trees; bark light grey, strongly aromatic;
branchlets lenticellate, scabrous, minutely pubescent to glabrescent. Leaves 2 -
4-jugate;
stipules orbicular, caducous, stipule scar drop-shaped; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, terminal ones often elliptic, aromatic when bruised; 6 - 16 x 3.5 - 7 cm, slightly oblique,
cuneate-cordate at base, entire or slightly revolute along margins; abruptly acuminate
at apex. Inflorescence terminal, minutely pubescent, male ones thyrsoid, 10 -
12 cm long;
female ones subracemose, ca 7 cm long. Flowers white, densely pubescent; male ones
4 -
5 mm long; female ones 7 -
8 mm long; flower 3 in each cyme; middle one pedicellate;
lateral ones sessile; bracts foliaceous, orbicular, ovate-lanceolate, ca 8 x 4 mm, acute,
tomentose; bracteoles ca 6 x 3 mm, at base of sessile flowers. Calyx cupular, in male
flowers ca 1 mm long, in female ones 5 - 6 mm long: lobes ovate, obtuse, densely
tomentose. Petals ovate, ca 5 x 2.5 mm, cucullate, thick, tomentose outside. Stamens 6,
united at base to form a cup-like structure. Disk in male flowers variable, solid and
conical or with a narrow central canal; in female flowers connate with receptacle except
the margin. Pistil globose, stalked, ca 3.5 mm long; stigma subsessile. Pistillode in male
flowers ca 1 mm long or absent. Drupes 1 - 2, ovoid-ellipsoid, ca 3 x 1.5 cm; pyrene
1-seeded.
Fl. & Fr. Feb. - July.
Distrib. India: Middle and S. Andamans.
Endemic.
Notes. Related to C. denticulatum, but differs by its entire (not incised) stipules and terminal inflorescence.
Fl. & Fr. Feb. - July.
Distrib. India: Middle and S. Andamans.
Endemic.
Notes. Related to C. denticulatum, but differs by its entire (not incised) stipules and terminal inflorescence.