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Chinese Olive (Canarium album)

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cgbills:
 have always been intrigued by rowing olives in Florida. I think their good fats would be a good dietary supplement to the good fats of Avocados. However, it seems there can be issues with growing standard Mediterranean varieties in Florida. I recently came across the Chinese Olive (Canarium album) at Incredible Edible Landscapes. Their description is:

“grown in Vietnam, Thailand, and China. Not a true olive, but it is preserved and eaten similarly. Culinary oil can also be extracted. More productive in S. Florida's climate than true olives (Olea sp.)”

Does anyone have any experience growing these? Also do they have the same good fats/taste that regular olives do?

BloomAndSprout:
These are not really olives. They're olive-like; olives and canariums are in an entirely separate clade, so there's no close relation. They're distant cousins. I've looked in the past and there is nobody really talking about these or their merits.  I'd love to read someone finally talk about these.

fyi, on the canarium subulatum seeds I attempted growing very early on (all died, not growing this again, no point--no room) each seed had three embyros.  Not sure if this is true of all canariums.

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