Garcinia kydia Roxb.

 
  • Family : CLUSIACEAE
    (Garcinia Or Kokam Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KOKAM FAMILY (कोकम फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Clusiaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Garcinia cowa sensu T. Anderson
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Garcinia kydia Roxb.
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests, altitude below 600 m.
  • Key identification features : A slender tree 25-40 feet high with dark-coloured young branchlets. Male flowers shortly stalked and in umbels, the females sessile and solitary. Fruit globular-depressed with 6-8 grooves near the apex and yellow and glossy when ripe.
  • Flower, Fruit : December-August
  • Distribution :
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : South Andaman,Wimberlygunj Island
  • Native : Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Myanmar
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • Literature :
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 90
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Garcinia kydia. Downloaded on 11 October 2024.

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