Garcinia bancana Miq.

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Clusiaceae > Garcinia

Characteristics

A tree. It grows 35 m tall. The stem has yellow latex. The leaves are opposite and simple. The flowers are 7 mm across. They are green to white. They are in bundles in the axils of leaves. The fruit are 2.5 cm across. They are green and turn yellow to purple. There is a white fleshy layer or aril around the seeds.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 32.5
Root system -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A mid-canopy tree in undisturbed swamp, keranga, mixed dipterocarp and sub-montane forests, at elevations up to 1,000 metres. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant tree.
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A tropical plant. It grows well on tidal mud. It can be in swamps and forest up to 1,000 m above sea level.
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

Uses food material wood
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

Garcinia bancana world distribution map, present in Brunei Darussalam and Indonesia

Conservation status

Garcinia bancana threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:427821-1
WFO ID wfo-0000694153
COL ID 3F9QM
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Garcinia bancana Garcinia cymulosa Garcinia hookeri Garcinia leucandra Garcinia lampong Garcinia oxyedra Garcinia oxyphylla

Lower taxons

Garcinia bancana var. curtisii