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Garcinia gummi-gutta (L.) Robs.

Accepted
Inflorescence insertion
Inflorescence insertion
Petiole and leaf insertion
Petiole and leaf insertion
Seed
Seed
Branch
Branch
Bark cut
Bark cut
Leaf upper side
Leaf upper side
Male flower
Male flower
Bark
Bark
Habit
Habit
Fruit cut
Fruit cut
Fruiting branch
Fruiting branch
Fruits
Fruits
Leaf upper side
Leaf upper side
Leaf lower side
Leaf lower side
Leaf lower side
Leaf lower side
Inflorescence insertion
Petiole and leaf insertion
Seed
Branch
Bark cut
Leaf upper side
Male flower
Bark
Habit
Fruit cut
Fruiting branch
Fruits
Leaf upper side
Leaf lower side
Leaf lower side
🗒 Synonyms
synonymCambogia gummi-gutta L.
synonymCambogia solitaria Stokes
synonymGarcinia affinis Wight & Arn.
synonymGarcinia cambogia (Gaertn.) Desr.
synonymGarcinia gutta Roxb.
synonymGarcinia sulcata Stokes
synonymMangostana cambogia Gaertn.
synonymStalagmitis gutta (Roxb.) G. Don
🗒 Common Names
Kannada
  • Manda Huli
  • Mantulli
  • Punara Huli
  • Seeme Hunnise
  • Upagi Mara.
Malayalam
  • Gorakkapuli
  • Kodampuli
  • Kudapuli
  • Marapuli
  • Meenpuli
  • Perumpuli
  • Pinampuli.
  • Pinar
Other
  • Brindall Berry
  • Brindleberry
  • Fish Tamarind
  • Gambooge
  • Goraka (Sri Lanka)
  • Gorikapuli
  • Kodumpulli (Kerala)
  • Malabar Tamarind Or Kerala Tamarind
  • கொறுக்காய்ப்புளி (Kodukkaippuli) In Tamil
  • കുടംപുളി (Kudampuli) In Malayalam
Tamil
  • Gorakkapuli
  • Heela
  • Kottukkappuli
  • Panampuli.
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Frequent understorey tree in evergreen forests up to 1800 m.
B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
Attributions B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
Contributors 
ayyappan Narayanan
Status UNDER_CREATION
Licenses CC_BY
References 
    Diagnostic Keys
    Description
    Habit

    Trees up to 12 m tall.

    Trunk & Bark

    Outer bark reddish brown, lenticellate; blaze reddish.

    Branches and Branchlets

    Branches drooping; young branchlets subterete, glabrous.

    Exudates

    Latex yellow, profuse.

    Leaves

    Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; petiole 5-1.6 cm long, planoconvex or shallowly canaliculate above, slightly sheathing at base; lamina 5-13 x 2-6 cm; variable in shape from narrow elliptic, oblanceolate to obovate, apex usually acute, sometimes obtuse, base cuneate to attenuate, coriaceous or subcoriaceous; secondary nerves not prominent on both sides; tertiary nerves obscure.

    Inflorescence / Flower

    Flowers polygamous, in axillary or terminal clusters; calyx cream; petals pink.

    Fruit and Seed

    Berry, globose, 6-8 grooved, to 5 cm in diameter; many seeded.

    B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
    Attributions B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY
    References 
      No Data
      📚 Natural History
      Ecology
      Frequent understorey tree in evergreen forests up to 1800 m.
      B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
      Attributions B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
      Contributors 
      Status UNDER_CREATION
      Licenses CC_BY
      References 
        No Data
        📚 Habitat and Distribution
        Description
        Western Ghats and Sri Lanka; in the Western Ghats- throughout in South and Central Sahyadris.
        B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
        Attributions B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
        Contributors 
        Status UNDER_CREATION
        Licenses CC_BY
        References 
          No Data
          📚 Occurrence
          No Data
          📚 Uses and Management
          Uses

          System of Medicines Used In

          Ayurveda
          Ayurveda
          System Of Medicines Used In

          Ayurveda

          FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1026
          Attributions FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1026
          Contributors 
          Status UNDER_CREATION
          Licenses CC_BY
          References 
            No Data
            📚 Information Listing
            References
            1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1026
            Information Listing > References
            1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1026

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            📚 Meta data
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            🐾 Taxonomy
            RootRoot
            KingdomPlantae
            PhylumTracheophyta
            ClassEquisetopsida C. Agardh
            OrderMalpighiales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl
            FamilyClusiaceae Lindl.
            GenusGarcinia L.
            SpeciesGarcinia gummi-gutta (L.) Robs.
            📊 Temporal Distribution
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