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Canarium pimela
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Canarium pimela

Canarium pimela called Chinese black olive (Chinese: 乌榄) is a tree species in the genus Canarium and the family Burseraceae found in Indo-China; in Vietnam it is called trám đen or cà na. The Catalogue of Life does not record any sub-species. Once boiled in salt water the fruit are edible, resembling the flavor of salted plums, and are used in Chinese cuisine as a seasoning.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 907507.