5199.000 Garcinia L.

Description of the genus

Trees or shrubs with yellow latex. Leaves opposite or sometimes subopposite or whorled; lamina (in ours) opaque. Flowers terminal or axillary, solitary or in few- to many-flowered cymes, dioecious or polygamous. Sepals 4(-5). Petals 4(-5), greenish-white to yellow. Male flowers with 4 fascicles of stamens. Fruit a 1-4-seeded, ± fleshy berry. Seeds arillate.

Worldwide: 200 species in tropical Old World, especially Asia and southern Africa

Garcinia buchananii

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SpeciesLinks to mapsFZ divisionsContent
buchananii BakerN,C,E,SDescription, Image
kingaensis Engl.EDescription, Image
livingstonei T. AndersonN,W,E,SDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Garcinia:

Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Garcinia page
Flora of Mozambique: Garcinia
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Garcinia
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Garcinia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Garcinia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Garcinia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Garcinia

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, 2002-13

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. & Ballings, P. (2013). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Garcinia.
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=963, retrieved 26 May 2013

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