Pham Dinh Tam
Tran Lam Dong, Nguyen Si Duong
Forest Science Institute Vietnam
I. Introduction
Canarium album is a native tree species, 20 – 30m in height, 50 – 70 cm in diameter breast-high, with straight and cylindrical bole, crown is large and green all the year round. C.album is a multi-purpose tree species, much desired by the people. C.album wood is soft and light with fine grain, easily made into veneer and is usually used as raw material for plywood, ordinary furniture and house construction. C.album resin is used in soap, scent and synthetic paint industries; making electric insulation material and shoe polish. C.album fruit is edible and can be used to make sugared dry confectionary and as foodstuff, cough-curing medicine, detoxifying agent.
C.album had been studied by many scientists at home and overseas countries right in early XX century. Researches have been mainly concentrated on main problems: research on biological characteristics of C.album, research on technical measures in planting and research on non-wood products (resin and fruit) exploitation and processing. The research on biological characteristics and non-wood products of C.album is considered relatively successful. The results have been applied for resin and fruit processing for use in light industry, food industry, medicine… and have served as a scientific basis for technical researches later on. As regards silvilcultural technique alone, there remain now many problems especially the choosing of planting system, vegetation treatment and choosing support tree species etc… That is why few successful planted C.album on scale of tens of hectares are seen in localities elsewhere: With that reason in view, the Ministry of Forestry now the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development had approved a research subject on establishing C.album plantations to supply raw material for plywood production (1985 – 1999).
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