Garcinia unitoria
(DC) Wt.
ClusiaceaeFruit
What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit are eaten.
Where to Find It
In Sikkim it is recorded between 300-1,000 m above sea level.
Asia, Himalayas, India, Northeastern India, Sikkim,
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
How to Identify
Garcinia unitoria is a tropical fruit tree in the Clusiaceae family, recorded in Sikkim between 300-1,000 m above sea level. The fruit are small, measuring 3-4 cm long.
Notes
Not in The Plant List
Names & Synonyms
Chunyel
References (2)
- Sundriyal, M., et al, 1998, Wild edibles and other useful plants from the Sikkim Himalaya, India. Oecologia Montana 7:43-54
- Sundriyal, M., et al, 2004, Dietary Use of Wild Plant Resources in the Sikkim Himalaya, India. Economic Botany 58(4) pp 626-638
