ABSTRACT
This chapter provides information on the uses, folk medicine, chemistry, germplasm, distribution, ecology, cultivation, harvesting, yields, energy, and biotic factors of Pili Nut. The pulp is edible when cooked and yields a cooking oil. The nuts have been used to adulterate chocolate. This species is one source of the commercial resin traded as Manila elemi. Manila elemi is a yellowish-greenish-white, sticky, soft, opaque, fragrant oil mass which gradually becomes hard when exposed. The nut or kernel is also edible and excellent after roasting. It also yields a good cooking oil. Manila elemi is a yellowish-greenish-white, sticky, soft, opaque, fragrant oil mass which gradually becomes hard when exposed. If the seeds were copiously produced, their 75% oil could be viewed as an oil source. Other species of Canarium exude valuable resins "which could be a promising alternative for the oil industry.".
