Canarium pimela

Canarium pimela, also called Chinese black olive (Chinese: 乌榄), is a species of tree species in the family Burseraceae.^[2][4] It is found in Indo-China; in Vietnam it is called trám đen or cà na. In Thai, it’s called ‘Nam Liab (หนำเลี้ยบ)‘. The Catalogue of Life does not record any sub-species.^[4] Once boiled in salt water the fruit are edible, resembling the flavor of salted plums, and are used in Chinese cuisine as a seasoning.

Canarium pimela
Canarium pimela: Plate from Flora de Filipinas (as C. tramdenum)
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Burseraceae
Genus:	Canarium
Species:	C. pimela
Binomial name
Canarium pimela K.D.Koenig
Synonyms[2][3]
Canarium nigrum (Lour.) Engl. Canarium pimeloides Govaerts Canarium tramdenum C.D.Dai & Yakovlev Lipara nigra (Lour.) Lour. ex Gomes Mach. Pimela nigra Lour. Pimela caryophyllacea Blume