• Family : CLUSIACEAE
  (Garcinia Or Kokam Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : KOKAM FAMILY (कोकम फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Clusiaceae
• Synonym(s) : Garcinia roxburghii Kurz; Garcinia tinctoria (Choisy) W.Wight; Stalagmitis pictoria (Roxb.) G.Don; Xanthochymus pictorius Roxb.
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Garcinia xanthochymus Hook.f. ex T.Anderson
• Common name : Mysore Gamboge, Egg Tree, Himalayan Garcinia, Sour Mangosteen, Yellow Mangosteen
• Vernacular name :
  • Dampel Tamal (Hindi)
  • Jaarige, Devajaarige (Kannada)
  • Tamalamu, Iwaramamidi, Ivarumidi, Sikathimramu, Lolluri, Evaru madi (Telugu)
  • Satyamba, Sitambu, Rajambo, Cheoro, Chiuri, Chinyara (Oria)
  • Anavaya, Andoor mavu, Bhaviyam, Monthanpuli, Pinar, Thamala, Vayirapuli (Malayalam)
  • Dharambo, Jhrambi, Ota (Marathi)
• Habit : Tree
• Comments / notes : Rare in evergreen forests, near stream of Eastern Ghats. The young leaves are greenish-white or almost white and come out in the month of February. The acid fruit is eaten.
• Key identification features : A handsome tree with greenish, angled, branchlets, bark dark coloured, out yellowish. Narrowly oblong to oblong-lanceolate, acute or rounded at the base and apex, thick; petioles strong. Flowers greenish-white, in axillary fascicles or from the scars of the fallen leaves. Fruit globose, dark yellow when ripe.
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Srikakulam district, Visakhapatnam district, Vizianagaram district, East Godavari district
  • Kerala : Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Alappuzha district, Thiruvananthapuram district
  • Maharashtra : Nagpur district, Mumbai Suburban district, Kolhapur district, Pune district, Sindhudurg district
  • Odisha : Similipahal district (Mayurbhanj district), Mahendragiri Hills (Ganjam district), Parlakhemundi Hills (Gajapati district), Puri distrcit (Puri district), Sundergarh district (Sundargarh district), Phuljhari Valley (Boudh district), Rebna forest (Kendujhar district)
  • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, The Nilgiri district
  • Sikkim : Sikkim
  • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
  • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
  • Assam : Assam
  • Nagaland : Nagaland
  • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Mizoram : Mizoram
  • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  • Manipur : Manipur
  • Tripura : Tripura
• Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam
• Exotic/Native : Native
• World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature :
  • Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1
  • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
  • R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
  • Naidu, M.T. & O.A. Kumar 2015. Tree species diversity in the Eastern Ghats of Northern Andhra Pradesh, India. JoTT 7 (8): 7443-7459
  • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1
  • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
  • N.P. Sing & S. Karthikeyan 2000. Flora of Maharastra vol 1. Botanical survey of India, Govt. India.
  • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 89
• Read more :
  • Plants of the World Online
  • World Flora Online
  • Global Plants on JSTOR
• Permalink : http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Garcinia xanthochymus
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Flora Online. http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Garcinia xanthochymus. Downloaded on 29 January 2026.

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