Garcinia travancorica Bedd.

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Clusiaceae > Garcinia

Characteristics

A tree. It grows 12 m tall. The small branches are 4 sided. The leaves are simple and opposite. The leaf bases overlap. The leaf blade is 5-11 cm long by 2-3 cm wide. They are narrowly oblong. The fruit is a berry 4-5 cm long by 1-3 cm wide. There are 1-2 brown seeds.
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Mature height (meter) 13.5
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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in wet evergreen forest. It occurs between 900-1,600 m above sea level in Tamil Nadu. It is in areas with a rainfall of 200-400 cm. The temperature is 16°-24°C.
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Margins of submontane evergreen forest. Forests at elevations of 900-1,500 metres.
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Usage

Uses dye gum medicinal wood
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Images

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Distribution

Garcinia travancorica world distribution map, present in India

Conservation status

Garcinia travancorica threat status: Critically Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:428280-1
WFO ID wfo-0000694698
COL ID 6JWSD
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Synonyms

Garcinia travancorica