Eden

Penang Botanic Gardens Plant Collection

Garcinia xanthochymus Hook.f. ex T.Anderson (CLUSIACEAE)

Posted at — Nov 13, 2019
Egg Tree, Gamboge Tree, Sour Mangosteen, Himalayan Garcinia, False Mangosteen, Camboge, Mundu

Description

Small dioecious tree to 15 m tall. Leaves opposite, 12-24 cm long. Male and female flowers borne on separate plants, white. Fruits fleshy, subglobose with pointed tip that ends with a persistent stigma, up to 9 cm wide, ripening pale orange to dark yellow.


Ecology

Lowland rainforest.

Distribution

Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam.

Uses

Fruits are edible,