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Penang Botanic Gardens Plant Collection

Garcinia atroviridis Griff. ex T.Anderson (CLUSIACEAE)

Posted at — Nov 13, 2019
Asam Gelugor

Description

Medium-sized evergreen tree to 27 m tall with dense narrowly conical crown. Leaves 14-28 cm long, oblong to oblong-lanceolate, opposite. Male flowers 3-3.5 cm long, bright red, in few-flowered clusters; female flowers solitary or rarely in pairs, red. Fruits to 8 cm across, spherical or slightly flattened with 12-16 vertical furrows seated on persistent sepals and petals, ripening yellow to orange.


Ecology

Lowland evergreen forest.

Distribution

NE India, Myanmar, S Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia.

Uses

Widley cultivated for the sour fruits. The sour fruit rind is used in curries or stewed with sugar as dessert.