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5199.000 Garcinia
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 |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Links to maps | FZ divisions | Content |
| buchananii Baker | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| kingaensis Engl. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E | Description, Image |
| livingstonei T. Anderson | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,E,S | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Garcinia:
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Garcinia pageFlora 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
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