Garcinia beccarii
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Arui Arui
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit is eaten.
Where to Find It
A tropical plant. It grows in forests up to 1,000 m above sea level. It grows in sandy soil. It grows in Kalimantan.
Asia, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sarawak, SE Asia,
How to Identify
A tree. It grows 25 m tall. The stems have yellow latex. The leaves are opposite and simple. The flowers are 5 mm across. They are yellow to green. They are in bundles in the axils of leaves. The fruit are 2 cm across. They are yellow to orange. They are fleshy and there is a fleshy layer or aril around the seeds.
How to Grow
Plants can be grown by seeds.
Propagation: Seed - we have no specific information on this species, but the seed of most members of the genus can be slow to germinate, even if sown fresh, often taking 6 months or more.
Notes
There are about 300 Garcinia species.
Names & Synonyms
Asam aur-aur, Fuhi, Kandis, Kedang, Kendong, Kundong, Manggis Pohon manggis kandis
References (6)
- Altschul, S.V.R., 1973, Drugs and Foods from Little-known Plants. Notes in Harvard University Herbaria. Harvard Univ. Press. Massachusetts. no. 2875
- Chai, P. P. K. (Ed), et al, 2000, A checklist of Flora, Fauna, Food and Medicinal Plants. Lanjak Entimau Wildlife Sanctuary, Sarawak. Forestry Malaysia & ITTO. p 166, 171
- Septiani, Y. & Sidabutar, H., (Eds.) 2015, Biodiversity Survey. In the Sub Watershed Embaloh, Betung Kerihun National Park. ITTO p 82
- Slik, F., www.asianplant.net
- Sukarya, D. G., (Ed.) 2013, 3,500 Plant Species of the Botanic Gardens of Indonesia. LIPI p 298
- Uji, T., 2007, Keanekaragaman, Persebaran dan Potensi Jenis-jenis Garcinia. Berk. Penel. Hayati: 12 (129–135), 2007
