Canarium australianum
Canarium australianum is a species of trees, native to Australia and Papua New Guinea, of the plant family Burseraceae. Common names include mango bark, scrub turpentine, carrot wood, parsnip wood, Melville Island white beech and brown cudgerie. Three varieties are recognised in the Australian Plant Census: C. australianum F.Muell. var. australianum C. australianum var. glabrum Leenh. — styptic tree, jalgir (Bardi language) — type specimen from Bickerton Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria C. australianum var. velutinum Hewson —jalgir (Bardi language) — type specimen from Cape Domett, north of Kununurra, Western Australia In Australia trees of all three varieties grow naturally widespread across northern regions, from sea level up to about altitude. In particular, growing in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, the Arnhem Land region of the Northern Territory, in north-eastern Queensland in the Wet Tropics region, further southwards from there as far as about Airlie Beach and further north in Cape York Peninsula and the Torres Strait Islands. Full grown trees may grow up to about tall. References External links Natural Assets Database: Canarium australianum Australianum Sapindales of Australia Rosids of Western Australia Flora of the Northern Territory Flora of Queensland Flora of Papua New Guinea Taxa named