Garcinia indica (Thouars) Choisy

A slender tree. It grows 15 m high. The branches droop. The tree often has buttresses. The leaves are oval and red when young but become light green. They are 5-10 cm long. They are sword shaped and almost without a leaf stalk. They have 6-10 pairs of side veins. The flowers are small. The male flowers are in groups of 3-7 at the ends of branches. Flowers with both sexes occur singly. The fruit are round. The fruit are 2.5-4 cm across and dark purple when ripe. The seeds are embedded in a red acid pulp. There are 5-8 large seeds.

An understorey tree of coastal and evergreen forests; at elevations up to 700 metres. Found in forest lands, riversides, and wasteland, usually in evergreen forest.

The fruit is dried and used for flavouring curries. It is used in jellies and syrups. They can also be eaten raw. The fat of the seeds is extracted and used as a butter substitute called Kokam. Kokam is used as a souring agent like tamarind. The fruit is eaten and used for drinks. The fruit peel is used as a spice.

It is difficult to propagate. It can be grown from seed.