''Canarium vulgare'', known as Java almond,
is a species of ''
Canarium'' native to eastern
Java Sea
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(
Bawean
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and
Kangean Islands),
Lesser Sunda Islands
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,
Sulawesi
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and
Maluku Islands
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.
''C. vulgare'' is closely related to
''C. indicum'', and they used to be one species under the name ''Canarium commune'' L., which has caused much confusion. Their main difference is that the
stipule
In botany, a stipule is an outgrowth typically borne on both sides (sometimes on just one side) of the base of a leafstalk (the petiole (botany), petiole). They are primarily found among dicots and rare among monocots. Stipules are considered part ...
of ''C. vulgare'' is entire and caducous, while that of ''C. indicum'' is dentate and persistent.
References
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