Garcinia tetralata C.Y.Wu ex Y.H.Li

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Clusiaceae > Garcinia

Characteristics

Trees 5-8(-15) m tall, ca. 15 cm in diam. Branches usually pendulous; twigs greenish, angular. Petiole 0.8-1.2 cm; leaf blade elliptic or narrowly elliptic, 8-13(-15) × 3-6 cm, papery, midvein raised abaxially, impressed adaxially; secondary veins 13-16 pairs, raised on both surfaces, slender, oblique and connected at leaf margin; tertiary veins reticulate, base cuneate, slightly decurrent, margin cartilaginous, involute, apex acute or shortly acuminate. Flowers unknown. Fruit solitary, axillary in foliar or leafless axils, globose, 2-2.5 cm in diam., smooth, nearly sessile; stigma persistent, 4-lobed, each lobe 4-or 5-papillate. Seeds 2. Fr. May.
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A tree. It grows 5-8 m tall. The trunk is 15 cm across. The branches usually hang down. The twigs are angular. The leaves are narrowly oval and 8-13 cm long by 3-6 cm wide. The fruit occur singly in the axils of the leaves. They are round and 2.5 cm across. There are 2 seeds.
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Mature width (meter) 0.15
Mature height (meter) 5.0 - 8.0
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A tropical plant. It grows between 700-900 m above sea level. It grows in seasonal rainforest. In Yunnan.
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The fruit are eaten raw.
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Edible fruits
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Distribution

Garcinia tetralata world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:897798-1
WFO ID wfo-0000694686
COL ID 6K94C
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Synonyms

Garcinia tetralata