Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Tree
Garcinia xanthochymus Hook. f. ex J. Anders.
🗒 Synonyms
synonym | Garcinia cambodgiensis Vesque |
synonym | Garcinia pictoria |
synonym | Garcinia pictoria (Roxb.) Engl. |
synonym | Garcinia pictorius (Roxb.) W.G. D'Arcy |
synonym | Garcinia roxburghii Kurz |
synonym | Garcinia tinctoria |
synonym | Garcinia tinctoria (DC.) Dunn |
synonym | Garcinia tinctoria (DC.) W. F. Wight |
synonym | Hebradendron pictorium (Roxb.) Royle |
synonym | Stalagmitis pictoria (Roxb.) G.Don |
synonym | Xanthochymus pictorius Roxb. |
synonym | Xanthochymus tinctorius DC. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Evergreen trees, to 20 m; bark 6 mm thick, blackish or dark grey, exfoliating in small flakes; blaze creamy-yellow; exudation white turning yellow; branches horizontal, tips drooping; branchlets 4-angular. Leaves simple, opposite, estipulate; petiole 10-30 mm long, angular, rugulose, prominent ligulate projection at base, glabrous; lamina 12-45 x 4-12 cm, linear oblong, oblong or oblong-lanceolate; base cuneate or acute; apex acute or acuminate; margin entire, glabrous, shining, coriaceous; lateral nerves 15-20 pairs, slender, pinnate, arched near the margin forming intramarginal nerves; intercostae reticulate, prominent, secondary laterals prominent. Flowers polygamodioecious, white; male flowers: 1.5 cm across, 4-10 in fascicles, axillary or from the axils of the fallen leaves; pedicels thick, to 2.5 cm long; sepals [4]-5, orbicular-concave, unequal, apex ciliate; petals 5, 8 mm long, orbicular, incurved, spreading, greenish; stamens in 5 broad bundles of 3-5 each, alternating with 5 fleshy glands; anthers bilocular; female flowers: solitary; staminodes few, complanate; ovary ovoid, acuminate, 5 locular, ovules one in each cell; style short; stigmatic rays 5, oblong, spreading, entire. Fruit a berry, yellow, when ripe, 4.5-5.5 x 4-4.5 cm, stigmatic lobes 5; pulp yellow, acidic, seeds 1-2, reniform, 2.5-3 x 2.5 cm, smooth.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Habit: Tree
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Western Ghats, Moist Deciduous Forests
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Mostly cultivated
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Description
Global Distribution
Indo-Malesia
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Alappuzha, Thiruvananthapuram, Palakkad, Malappuram
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Maharashtra: Kolhapur, Pune, Sindhudurg
Karnataka: Chikmagalur, Coorg, Hassan, Mysore, N. Kanara, Shimoga
Kerala: Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram
Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Nilgiri
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B. D, 1984
- Xanthochymus pictorius Roxb., Pl. Corom. 2: 51. t. 196. 1805, non Garcinia pictoria Roxb. 1832.
- Garcinia tinctoria (DC.) Wight in U.S.D.A. Bur. Pl. Industr. Bull. 137: 50. 1909; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 74(53). 1915.
- Garcinia pictorius (Roxb.) D. Arcy, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 67: 998. 1980; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 20. 1988.
- Xanthochymus tinctorius DC., Prodr. 1: 562. 1824, 'pictorius'.
- Garcinia xanthochymus Hook.f. ex Anders. in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 269. 1874; N.P. Singh in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 129. 1993; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 72. 1994; W. Arisdason & P. Daniel in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 345. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 109. 2009.
Information Listing > References
- Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B. D, 1984
- Xanthochymus pictorius Roxb., Pl. Corom. 2: 51. t. 196. 1805, non Garcinia pictoria Roxb. 1832.
- Garcinia tinctoria (DC.) Wight in U.S.D.A. Bur. Pl. Industr. Bull. 137: 50. 1909; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 74(53). 1915.
- Garcinia pictorius (Roxb.) D. Arcy, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 67: 998. 1980; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 20. 1988.
- Xanthochymus tinctorius DC., Prodr. 1: 562. 1824, 'pictorius'.
- Garcinia xanthochymus Hook.f. ex Anders. in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 269. 1874; N.P. Singh in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 129. 1993; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 72. 1994; W. Arisdason & P. Daniel in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 345. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 109. 2009.
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🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Equisetopsida C. Agardh |
Order | Malpighiales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl |
Family | Clusiaceae Lindl. |
Genus | Garcinia L. |
Species | Garcinia xanthochymus Hook. f. ex J. Anders. |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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