Garcinia hanburyi Hook.F.

Hanbury's garcinia (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Clusiaceae > Garcinia

Characteristics

A low spreading tree. It grows 15 m tall. The trunk is short and straight and 20 cm across. It yields a yellow gum-resin. The leaves are opposite. They are oval and 10-25 cm long by 3-10 cm wide. They are wedge shaped at the base and taper to the tip. The flowers can be in clusters or occur singly in the axils of fallen leaves. They are pale yellow. The fruit is a round berry 2-3 cm across.
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Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
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Mature height (meter) 15.0
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Environment

Rainforests, at elevations up to 800 metres.
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It is a tropical plant.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses gum material medicinal poison wood
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Cathartics (plant exudate), Cancer (unspecified), Emetic (unspecified), Poison (unspecified), Vermifuge (unspecified), Purgative (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Images

Garcinia hanburyi unspecified picture

Distribution

Garcinia hanburyi world distribution map, present in Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Viet Nam, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:427987-1
WFO ID wfo-0000694351
COL ID 3F9W8
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Garcinia hanburyi Garcinia morella var. pedicellata