Canarium dichotomum is a tree in the family Burseraceae. The specific epithet ' is from the Latin meaning 'forked', referring to the branching of the inflorescences.
Canarium dichotomum grows up to tall with a trunk diameter of up to . The brownish to reddish bark is smooth to scaly. The male inflorescences are branched. The fruits are oblong and measure up to long.
Canarium dichotomum grows naturally in Sumatra and Borneo. Its habitat is lowland forests, rarely in forest, from sea-level to altitude.