Click here to open feedback window. Annex 2. Profiles of Tree Species: Asia 281 Canarium pseudosumatranum  Burseraceae kala, kedondong senggeh, lamshu senggi Distribution Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia) Habitat This species is scattered as very large trees in lowland forest and hill forest between 300 and 920m. Population Status and Trends Populations are poorly known but recorded from Perlis, Kedah, Perak, Selangor, Negeri  Sembilan and Pahang. Role of species in the Ecosystem Flowers are probably insect pollinated. Fruit eating pigeons, monkeys and occasionally bats act as seed dispersers Threats Clear-felling/logging of the habitat, expansion of human settlement Utilisation The wood is used as kedondong timber for house buidling, light construction, floorings, interiors, furniture, joinery, canoes, veneer and plywood. Trade Canarium timber is usually mixed with the timber of other members of Burseraceae and sold as kedondong. The production of fruits appears to be more commercially important than of timber (Lemmens et al. 1995). The export of kedondong  as sawnwood, valued at US$638/m³, is recorded in 1995 (ITTO, 1997). In 1983 16,350m³ of kedondong sawnwood at a value of US$675,000 was exported to Singapore (69%), South Korea (19%) and Hong Kong (12%). The following year 9500m³ at a value of US$395,000 was exported to Singapore (99%) and Japan (1%) (Lemmens et al., 1995). IUCN Conservation category LRcd according to Chua (1997). Conservation Measures Forest Management and Silviculture Canarium spp. can be propagated by seed. Natural regeneration is believed to be scarce because of the scattered distribution of trees and possibly also because of levels of fruit harvesting. References Chua, L. et al. 1997. Completed data collection forms for endemic trees of Peninsular Malaysia. ITTO. 1997. Annual review and assessment of the world tropical timber situation. 1996. International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO). Lemmens, R.H.M.J., I. Soerianegara, & W.C. Wong (eds.). 1995. Plant Resources of South-East Asia No 5(2). Timber trees: Minor commercial timbers. Leiden: Backhuys Publishers. 655 pp.