''Canarium album'' is a tree species in the genus ''

Canarium ''Canarium'' is a genus of about 100 species of tropical and subtropical trees, in the family Burseraceae. They grow naturally across tropical Africa, south and southeast Asia, Indochina, Malesia, Australia and western Pacific Islands; includi ...

'' and the family

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, found in

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; the

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does not record any sub-species. ''Canarium album'' produces a fruit commonly called Chinese olive or white olive, though it has no relation to ''

Olea ''Olea'' ( ) is a genus of about 40 species in the family Oleaceae, native to warm temperate and tropical regions of the Middle East, southern Europe, Africa, southern Asia, and Australasia. They are evergreen trees and shrubs, with small ...

''; it is consumed in Vietnam (

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: ''trám trắng'', fruit ''quả trám''), Thailand (where it is known as ''nam liap'' ( th, หนำเลี้ยบ), ''samo chin'' ( th, สมอจีน) or ''kana'' ( th, กาน้า)) and in China (). The pulp of the tree's fruit and its seeds are edible, with a strong resinous flavor when they are fresh. Culinary oil can be extracted from the seed.

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can be made with the fruit, both sweet like

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or pickled preserves. In China, a pickle called olive vegetable (), made from a mix of ''Canarium album'' fruit and

mustard greens ''Brassica juncea'', commonly brown mustard, Chinese mustard, Indian mustard, leaf mustard, Oriental mustard and vegetable mustard, is a species of mustard plant. Cultivar ''Brassica juncea'' cultivars can be divided into four major subgroups ...

, is commonly used as a flavoring for congee and

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. Mostly cultivated in Thailand, cultivation has been introduced on a smaller scale to Fiji and northern

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in Australia. Its fruit,

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and seed are exported to Europe where they are used in the manufacture of varnish and soap.

Gallery

Khao phat nam liap.jpg, ''Khao phat nam liap'' dish (with rice) from Thailand Green beans with olive vegetable.jpg, Hunanese stir-fry of green beans with olive vegetable

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