Garcinia microcarpa Pierre

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Clusiaceae > Garcinia

Characteristics

A tree. It grows 29 m high. The stem has white to yellow latex. The leaves are opposite and simple. The flowers are 10 mm across. They are yellow. They are in the axils of leaves. The fruit are 2 cm across. They are green and fleshy. The seeds have a fleshy layer or aril around them.
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Mature height (meter) 29.0
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Environment

A sub-canopy tree of undisturbed mixed dipterocarp to submontane forests at elevations up to 1,200 metres. Common along riversides and on hillsides and ridges with sandy to clay soils.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows in forests up to 1,200 m above sea level. It grows along rivers and on hillsides. It grows in sandy and clay soil. It grows in Borneo.
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Edible fruits
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Distribution

Garcinia microcarpa world distribution map, present in Brunei Darussalam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:428087-1
WFO ID wfo-0000694471
COL ID 3F9ZL
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Synonyms

Garcinia microcarpa