Garcinia mangostana L.

 
  • Family : CLUSIACEAE
    (Garcinia Or Kokam Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KOKAM FAMILY (कोकम फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : CLUSIACEAE
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Garcinia × mangostana L.
  • Common name : Mangosteen Fruit
  • Vernacular name : Mangosteen (Kannada); Mangosta, Mangustan (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Comments / notes : Cultivated for its fruits
  • Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
  • Native : Malaysia
  • World Distribution : Tropical Asia
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Garcinia mangostana. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.

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