Garcinia macrophylla Mart.

A small tree. It grows 15-20 m tall. The trunk is 50-60 cm across. The leaves are opposite and leathery. They are oblong or sword shaped and 20-30 cm long by 7-10 cm wide. The flowers are male and female and in the axils of leaves. The fruit is medium sized and firm and yellow. They are 5-7 cm long by 3.6 cm wide. The flesh is soft, white and subacid. There can be 4 seeds inside. The fruit is something like a mangosteen.

A tropical plant. It grows naturally in both the wet and dry forests in the Amazon in Brazil. It grows in humid locations. It grows between 50-400 m above sea level. Trees are damaged by frost. It can tolerate light shade. In Cairns Botanical Gardens.

The fruit is eaten fresh.

Plants are grown from seed. The seeds are collected from ripe fruit off the tree. The seeds are removed and washed then planted fresh. They take several weeks to germinate.