Canarium schweinfurthii (commonly known as the bush candle, African olive,[2]African elemi, or canarium), is a species of large tree native to tropical Africa.[3] Names in many African languages are variations of mupafu.[4]
The African elemi tree is one of several sources of the economically useful oleoresin known elemi. In West Africa this resin is traditionally burned for fumigating dwellings and mixed with oil for body paint.[6] African elemi bears edible fruit with a thick, dense, hard shell.[5]
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The hard stones of its fruit are used for traditional divination among Plateau speakers in the Middle Belt of central Nigeria.[2]
Notes
^"Canarium scheinfurthii". The Plant List. Retrieved 2016-09-26.
^ abBlench, Roger (2006). Archaeology, language, and the African past. Altamira Press. ISBN9780759104655.
ICRAF. "Canarium schweinfurthii". Retrieved 2013-11-15.[permanent dead link]
H., J. H. (1906-01-01). "The Eben Tree of Old Calabar. (Pachylobus edulis, G. Don.)". Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens, Kew). 1906 (5): 172–173. doi:10.2307/4111299. ISSN 0366-4457. JSTOR 4111299.
Mantell, C. L. (1950-07-01). "The Natural Hard Resins: Their Botany, Sources and Utilization". Economic Botany. 4 (3): 203–242. doi:10.1007/bf02859481. ISSN 0013-0001. JSTOR 4251986. S2CID 36599468.
External links
Canarium schweinfurthii in West African plants – A Photo Guide.
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