Garcinia brevirostris

Scheff.

Clusiaceae Edible: Fruit 2 iNaturalist observations

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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Description

A tree. The small branches are slender and stiff. The leaves are crowded at the ends of branches. The leaves are opposite and sword shaped tapering gradually to the tip. The leaves are 9 cm long by 2.5 cm wide. The leaf stalk is 0.4 cm long. The flower clusters are in the axils of leaves. The flowers occur singly on the cluster. The fruit is oval and curved. It is 1.5 cm long. The fruit do not have a stalk.

Edible Uses

The fruit are eaten.

Distribution

A tropical plant.

Where It Grows

Andaman Islands, Asia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pacific, Papua New Guinea, PNG, Philippines, SE Asia,

Notes

There are about 300 Garcinia species.

Synonyms

Garcinia eugeniifolia Wall. ex T. AndersonGarcinia gitingensis ElmerHebradendron eugeniifolium Choisy

Also Known As

Basan

References (4)

Borrell, O.W., 1989, An Annotated Checklist of the Flora of Kairiru Island, New Guinea. Marcellin College, Victoria Australia. p 83 (As Garcinia eugeniaefolia)
Mohd, N. G. et al, 2014, A Preliminary Flora Survey in Gunung Kajang, Pulau Tioman, Pahang Darul Makmur, Malaysia. Malays. Appl. Biol. 43(2): 17-23 (As Garcinia eugeniaefolia)
Saw, L.G., LaFrankie, J. V. Kochummen, K. M., Yap S. K., 1991, Fruit Trees in a Malaysian Rain Forest. Economic Botany, Vol. 45, No. 1, pp. 120-136 (As Garcinia eugeniaefolia)
Uji, T., 2007, Keanekaragaman, Persebaran dan Potensi Jenis-jenis Garcinia. Berk. Penel. Hayati: 12 (129–135), 2007