Garcinia brevirostris

Family: Clusiaceae

What it is like

A tree. The small branches are slender and stiff. The leaves are crowded at the ends of branches. The leaves are opposite and sword shaped tapering gradually to the tip. The leaves are 9 cm long by 2.5 cm wide. The leaf stalk is 0.4 cm long. The flower clusters are in the axils of leaves. The flowers occur singly on the cluster. The fruit is oval and curved. It is 1.5 cm long. The fruit do not have a stalk.

There are about 300 Garcinia species.

Where it is found

A tropical plant.

Countries/locations it is found in

Andaman Islands, Asia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pacific, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, SE Asia

How it is used for food

Edible parts

Fruit

How it is grown

Its other names

Local names

Basan

Synonyms

Garcinia eugeniifolia Wall. ex T. Anderson; Garcinia gitingensis Elmer; Hebradendron eugeniifolium Choisy;