Garcinia vidalii Merr.

A medium sized tree. It grows 25 m tall. The trunk is 90 cm across. The leaves are opposite and usually notched at the tip. They are oval and 10-20 cm long. The flowers are white and of medium size and occur in clusters. The fruit are pale green, somewhat flattened and the base is rounded. There are firm persistent sepals on the base of the fruit. The top of the fruit has a raised circular crown and the sides are in indistinct lobes. The fruit has a firm outer covering with several seeds. They have firm yellow flesh with yellow sap.

A tropical plant. They occur from Mt Province to Mindanao in the Philippines thriving in primary forests at low and high altitudes.

The fleshy portion of the fruit is eaten raw.

Can be grown by seedlings.