Synonyms: 

Canarium resiniferum Bruce ex King

Pimela stricta (Roxb.) Bl.

Systematic Position

Kingdom: Plantae

Phylum: Tracheophyta

Order: Sapindales

Family: Burseraceae

Native: Southeast Asia

Common Names

English – Black Dammar

Malayalam – തെള്ളിപൈൻ

Tamil –

Description: 

A tall tropical tree with straight bole often with buttress. Leaves are compound. On breaking the bark a brownish-black resinous exudation oozes out. Flowers polygamous, bright yellow; in large axillary panicles. Fruit a drupe, ellipsoid, dark blue, 1-3-celled; seeds 1-3.

Habitat:  Semi evergreen forests, moist deciduous forests.

Distribution: India and Upper Myanmar

Uses: Bark decoction as a bath for skin eruptions. An infusion taken for colic. Gum used with gingelly oil in rheumatic pain. Decoction or powder of resin given internally as a remedy for cough, fever, epilepsy, asthma, syphilis, blood impurities, hernia, chronic skin diseases and haemorrhage.

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