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Garcinia xanthochymus Hook.f. ex T.Anderson
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Scientific Synonyms:
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| Previous name used in the website: |
Garcinia xanthochymus |
| Family name: |
CLUSIACEAE
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| English name: |
Gamboge
Egg Tree
Gamboge Tree
Sour Mangosteen
Himalayan Garcinia
False Mangosteen
Camboge
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| Sinhala name: |
Rata goraka (රටගොරකා)
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| Tamil name: |
Cochin Goraka
Seemai Goraka
Paccilai
Pachilai
Pacchilai
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| Sanskrit name: |
Tamala Bheda
Vrukshamla Bheda
Bhavishya
Kalakhanda
Kusumodar
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| Conservation status: |
NE - Not Evaluated - Due to exotic origin
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| Description: |
Tree, up to 15 m high, usually much smaller with a dense, pyramidal crown. Leaves coriaceous, linear-oblong to oblong-lanceolate (rarely ovate), 4 X 12 - 10 X 35 cm, apex somewhat rounded, and tip sharply apiculate, base rounded to acute. Flowers in fascicles of 4 - 10 in axils of leaves or fallen leaves, on burrs with minute bracts. Fruit subglobose, pointed, dark yellow. Seeds oblong, brown, testa veined.
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| Native Distribution Status: |
Only under cultivation
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| Edible parts: |
Fruit
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