Garcinia nujiangensis
C. Y. Wu & Y. H. Li
ClusiaceaeFruit
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit is edible.
Where to Find It
It is a subtropical plant. It grows between 1,100-1,700 m above sea level. In Yunnan.
Asia, China, Tibet,
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
A tree. It grows 10-15 m tall. The trunk is 20-30 cm across. The bark is grey-brown. The leaves are oval to sword shaped and 10-13 cm long by 3-5 cm wide. Plants are separately male and female. The male flowers are in groups of 6-8. They are yellow. The ripe fruit are yellow and round or oval. They are 2.5-3.5 cm long by 1.5-2 cm wide. There are 1 or 2 seeds.
Medicinal Uses
The plant contains compounds with anti-cancer properties.
Notes
It has a chemical that has anti-cancer properties.
Names & Synonyms
La-ga-dong-shing, Xie di
References (2)
- Cheng, Z., et al, 2022, Ethnobotanical study on wild edible plants used by Dulong people in northwestern Yunnan, China. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2022) 18:3
- Li, S., et al, 2020, Monpa, memory, and change: an ethnobotanical study of plant use in Mêdog County, South-east Tibet, China. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. (2020) 16:5 p 16
