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Mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana), also known as the purple mangosteen, [2] is a tropical evergreen tree with edible fruit native to Island Southeast Asia, from the Malay Peninsula to Borneo. It has been cultivated extensively in tropical Asia since ancient times.
Garcinia indica, a plant in the mangosteen family (Clusiaceae), commonly known as kokum, is a fruit-bearing tree that has culinary, pharmaceutical, and industrial uses. It grows primarily in India's Western Ghats : in the states of Maharashtra , Goa , Karnataka and Kerala .
Garcinia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Clusiaceae native to Asia, America, Australia, tropical and southern Africa, and Polynesia. The number of species is disputed; Plants of the World Online (POWO) recognise up to 400. [ 1 ]
The Clusiaceae or Guttiferae Juss. (1789) (nom. alt. et cons. = alternative and valid name) are a family of plants including 13 genera and ca 750 species. [3] Several former members of Clusiacae are now placed in Calophyllaceae and Hypericaceae. They are mostly trees and shrubs, [4] with milky sap and fruits or capsules for seeds.
Garcinia is a large genus of flowering plants in the family Clusiaceae. As of December 2024 [update] , there are 404 species accepted by Plants of the World Online : [ 1 ] Contents
Their inclusions make Clusiaceae in a wide-sense polyphyletic, and Stevens's subfamilies need to be recognised at family level: Clusioideae as Clusiaceae sensu stricto; Hypericoideae as Hypericaceae; and Kielmeyeroideae as Calophyllaceae. [4]
Clusiaceae (St. John's wort family) Clusia: clusia trees; Clusia rosea: Florida clusia; rose clusia Clusiaceae (St. John's wort family) Garcinia: garcinia trees; Garcinia mangostana: mangosteen Clusiaceae (St. John's wort family) Combretaceae: combretum family; Conocarpus: buttonwoods; Conocarpus erectus
Garcinia intermedia is a species of tropical American tree which produces edible fruit. [2] In English it is known as the lemon drop mangosteen (a name it shares with the closely related and similarly tasting Garcinia madruno) or sometimes monkey fruit. In Spanish it is called mameyito, though it is known as jorco in Costa Rica. [3]