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Garcinia gummi-gutta var. papilla
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Family:
CLUSIACEAE/GUTTIFERAE
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Citation: Garcinia gummi-gutta (L.) Robs. var. papilla (Wight) N.P. Singh in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 111. 1993; W. Arisdason & P. Daniel in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 337. 2005.
Garcinia papilla Wight, Ic. t. 96. 1839; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 70. 1985.
Garcinia cambogia (Gaertn.) Desr. var. papilla (Wight) Anders., Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 262. 1874.
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Description:
Tree, to 25 m tall; bark rugose, grey or dark brown; exudate a yellow gum; branchlets glabrous. Leaves simple, opposite, 7-15 x 2- 7 cm, oblong, elliptic or lanceolate, acute to short-acuminate at apex, cuneate at base, entire at margin; lateral nerves numerous, slender, prominent; petioles channelled, to 2 cm long. Male flowers 3-6 in short axillary fascicles, ca 1.2 cm across, pale white, yellow or yellowish pink; pedicels 7-15 mm long; sepals 4, ovate or obovate, unequal; outer pair 5-6 mm long; the inner 7-8 mm long, coriaceous, fleshy; Petals 4, obovate or oblong, 8-10 mm long, stamens 12-20 or more, inserted on receptacle; filaments ca 0.5 mm long; anthers ca 0.5 mm long, basifixed, dehiscing longitudinally; pistillode absent or minute; stigmatic lobes 3 or 4. Bisexual flowers in fascicles of 1-3, terminal and axillary, 1-1.5 cm across; pedicels 4-6 mm long; sepals and petals as in male ones; stamens 10-20; filaments unequal, connate at base in a ring around ovary or grouped in unequal bundles; ovary subglobose or ovoid, ca 1 mm long, 8-11 sulcate; berries globose, to 7 cm, (4-) 6-8 grooved, mamillate at apex, thick; seeds 6-8, ovoid, compressed, ca 3 cm long, surrounded by a succulent white or red aril.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-January
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District(s):
Idukki, Wayanad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Evergreen and lower shola forests
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Distribution:
South India and Sri Lanka
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Yellow, Red
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
Yes
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Karimbam,
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