• Family : CLUSIACEAE
  (Garcinia Or Kokam Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : KOKAM FAMILY (कोकम फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : CLUSIACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Garcinia malabarica Talbot
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Garcinia talbotii Raizada ex Santapau
• Vernacular name : Limboi, Pansara, Tavir (Marathi)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
• Comments / notes : Frequent throughout the low and mid-elevation evergreen forests at elevations between 250-1100m
• Flower, Fruit : November-May
• Collection Nos : KFP 7629, CJS 16027
• Distribution :
  • Karnataka : Dakshina Kannada district, Hassan district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Uttara Kannada district
  • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district
  • Maharashtra : Kolhapur district, Pune district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district
  • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district
• Native : India
• Endemism : Western Ghats
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Cecil J. Saldanha, S. R. Ramesh (1984). Flora of Karnatka State vol. 1. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Navendu Page (2017). Endemic woody plants of the Western Ghats.
• 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 talbotii. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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