Garcinia bancana — Edible Plant Database

What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit is eaten.

Where to Find It

A tropical plant. It grows well on tidal mud. It can be in swamps and forest up to 1,700 m above sea level.

Asia, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sarawak, SE Asia,

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 35 m tall. The stem has yellow latex. The leaves are opposite and simple. The flowers are 7 mm across. They are green to white. They are in bundles in the axils of leaves. The fruit are 2.5 cm across. They are green and turn yellow to purple. There is a white fleshy layer or aril around the seeds.

How to Grow

Found mostly on alluvial sites with sandy soils in the wild.

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.

Other Uses

Wood is locally used.

Notes

There are about 300 Garcinia species.

Names & Synonyms

Kandis hutan, Kandis, Kapab, Katuri, Kelabang, Kitong, Perdah, Sapob, Sepalan, Serangan paya, Sikop, Sikop benkang, Tampoi, Tengkawang

Garcinia cymulosa Miq.Garcinia hookeri PierreGarcinia lamponga Miq.Garcinia leucandra PierreGarcinia oxyedra Miq.Garcinia oxyphylla Miq.Stalagmitis lamponga Miq.

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