Canarium luzonicum (Pili / Elemi tree) flowering timeline

🌸 Flowering & Fruiting Timeline

  • Grafted trees:
    👉 3–5 years after planting
    (earlier flowering due to mature scion material)
  • Seed-grown trees:
    👉 7–10 years after planting
    (longer juvenile phase)

🌿 Key Notes

  • Flowering usually precedes fruiting (pili nuts) and resin production potential
  • Trees are dioecious (male and female trees are separate), so:
    • You need both sexes for fruit production
  • Peak productivity increases as the tree matures (10+ years)

🌳 Practical Insight (For Your Plantation Model)

For your agroforestry system (CAPI / ANOC / CESI integration):

  • Use grafted elite cultivars → faster ROI
  • Maintain male:female ratio (~1:8 to 1:10) for pollination
  • Combine with resin tapping at maturity for dual income stream

If you want, I can design a high-yield plantation layout for pili + agarwood integration, including spacing, sex ratio planning, and phased income projections.