Garcinia cambogioides (Murray) Headland
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https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2023.33.03.01 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E5C231-6E6D-C50D-112A-4E23F44B1021 |
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Garcinia cambogioides (Murray) Headland |
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Garcinia cambogioides (Murray) Headland View in CoL var. cuspida (A.Begum, Brothakur & J.Sarma) T.K.Paul, Pleione View in CoL 15(3): 454. 2021; G. morella var. cuspida
A. Begum , Brothakur & J. Sarma, Pleione 8 (2): 502. 2014 . Type: INDIA, Assam, Tinsukia district, Borguri, Near Bherjan-Borjan , Padumoni Wildlife Sanctuary , 18.04. 2012, 277 m asl., Ajima Begum & Jatindra Sarma 101 (holo, GUBH!; iso, ASSAM!) .
Dioecious trees; exudate yellowish. Branches drooping; branchlets terete. Lamina lanceolate or elliptic-oblong or obovate, 7–13 × 2.7–4.1 cm, attenuate at base, margins entire, acuminate or cuspidate-bend at tip; midrib raised abaxially, impressed adaxially; secondary veins 8–12 pairs, slightly visible on upper surface only. Staminate flowers tetramerous, 0.8–1 cm diam.; stamens in a tetragonous mass. Pistillate flowers greenish white, solitary or in clusters of 2–4 terminal and axillary fascicles, 1–1.2 cm in diam., sessile. Sepals 4, almost equal, 0.25–0.3 × 0.2–0.35 cm; petals 4, ovate, imbricate, 0.8–0.9 × 0.4– 0. 45 cm, greenish white, margins fimbriate, 0.3–0.5 cm long; staminodes 0.2–0.25 cm long, united in lower half and enveloping ovary base; ovary obovate, quadrangular, 5–6-loculed, not grooved; style 0.1–0.2 cm long; stigma white, indistinctly 5–6-lobed. Berries oblong-ovoid, 5–6 × 4–5 cm, with 1–1.2 cm long curved tip. Seeds oblong, 2–4, compressed.
Flowering & fruiting: Flowering from March to April; fruiting from April to May.
Habitat: Evergreen forests, up to 200 m elevation.
Distribution: Endemic to Assam ( India).
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Harvard University - Arnold Arboretum |
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University of the Witwatersrand |
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Gauhati University |
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Garcinia cambogioides (Murray) Headland
N., Mohanan, P. S., Shameer, Abstract, T. Sabu & L., Garcinia 2023 |
var. cuspida (A.Begum, Brothakur & J.Sarma) T.K.Paul, Pleione
T. K. Paul 2021: 454 |