Elemi (Canarium luzonicum) Research

Latin Name: Canarium luzonicum

Family: Burseraceae

Research is not provided for Canarium luzonicum because it is on the IUCN Redlist as “Vulnerable.”

• Avoid use: Elemi is listed as “Vulnerable” on the IUCN Redlist of Threatened Species and is also listed as “Vulnerable” by the WCMC (1998).  From:  World Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1998. Canarium luzonicum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1998: e.T33352A9779122. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T33352A9779122.en. Downloaded on 06 February 2018.
• Ramos, L. T., Torres, A. M., Pulhin, F. B., & Lasco, R. D. (2012). Developing a georeferenced database of selected threatened forest tree species in the Philippines. Philippine Journal of Science, 141(2), 165-177.
• Replan, E. L., & Malaki, A. (2017). Floral Diversity and Habitat Assessment of Canbantug Forest, Argao, Central Visayas, Cebu, Philippines.
• Baynes, J., Herbohn, J., Chazdon, R. L., Nguyen, H., Firn, J., Gregorio, N., & Lamb, D. (2016). Effects of fragmentation and landscape variation on tree diversity in post-logging regrowth forests of the Southern Philippines. Biodiversity and conservation, 25(5), 923-941.
• Phellandrene is a toxic constituent, avoid with young children and during pregnancy (Petersen, 2015).

By: Kathy Sadowski

Updated: 5/13/18