Garcinia microstigma Kurz

 
  • 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 IPNI) : Garcinia microstigma Kurz
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Inland evergreen forests.
  • Comments / notes : The fruit la edible, and the young leaves are cooled and eaten as a vegetable by Burmans
  • Key identification features : A small tree with a dark-coloured bark, cut red dish-brown. Flowers reddish, axillary, and single. Fruit globular, slightly depressed, glossy and dark-red when ripe.
  • Flower, Fruit : September-November
  • Distribution :
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : South Andaman,North and Middle Andaman,Betapur and Bemlungta Islands
  • Native : Andaman Is., Nicobar Is.
  • 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 microstigma. Downloaded on 16 October 2024.

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