Garcinia nervosa
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Mountain mangosteen
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit are eaten.
Where to Find It
A tropical plant. It grows in forests up to 1,500 m above sea level. It is mostly on sandy soils.
Asia, Brunei, Indochina, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, SE Asia, Singapore, Thailand,
How to Identify
A large tree. It grows 48 m tall. The stems have yellow latex. The trunk can be 60 cm across. The leaves are opposite and simple. They are 30-60 cm long by 13-25 cm wide. The flowers are 8 mm across. They are white and in bundles in the axils of leaves. The fruit are 4.5 cm across. They are fleshy and yellow to red. The fruit have yellow blotches. The seeds have a fleshy layer or aril around them. There are 5 seeds in each fruit.
How to Grow
Plants can be grown by seeds.
Notes
There are about 300 Garcinia species.
Names & Synonyms
Kandis, Kandis gajah, Kandis hutan, Mangis, Mangis hutan, Pohon manggis gunung, Sunkup
References (8)
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- Sukarya, D. G., (Ed.) 2013, 3,500 Plant Species of the Botanic Gardens of Indonesia. LIPI p 300
- Suwardi, A. B., et al, 2020, Wild edible fruits generate substantial income for local people of the Gunung Leuser National Park, Aceh Tamiang Region. Ethnobotany Research & Applications 20:11
- Tankard, G., 1990, Tropical fruit. An Australian Guide to Growing and using exotic fruit. Viking p 131
- Uji, T., 2007, Keanekaragaman, Persebaran dan Potensi Jenis-jenis Garcinia. Berk. Penel. Hayati: 12 (129–135), 2007
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
