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Garcinia cochinchinensis (Lour.) Choisy

GUTTIFERAE

Garcinia loureiri Pierre.

Indo-China: bua nha.

Indo-China, often cultivated in Cambodia.

The pericarp is cut into slices and eaten raw or used as a sour relish. The seedlings are used as rootstock for mangosteen. Young twigs are eaten as vegetable.

Tree, 10—15 m tall. Leaves ovate to oblong, 8—15 cm x 3—4.5 cm. Flowers unisexual, yellowish. Fruit an ovoid berry, 5 cm x 4 cm, yellowish outside, reddish inside. Seeds 6—10. Flowering is from November to February, fruiting in June.

[44]Lecomte, M.H. & Gagnepain, F. (Editors), 1907–1950. Flore générale de l'Indo-Chine. 7 Volumes and supplements. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
[51]Mansfeld, R. & Schultze-Motel, J., 1986. Verzeichnis landwirtschaftlicher und gärtnerischer Kuturpflanzen. 2nd ed. 4 Volumes. Springer Verlag, Berlin. 1998 pp.

P.C.M. Jansen, J. Jukema, L.P.A. Oyen, T.G. van Lingen

Jansen, P.C.M., Jukema, J., Oyen, L.P.A. & van Lingen, T.G., 1991. Garcinia cochinchinensis (Lour.) Choisy. In: Verheij, E.W.M. and Coronel, R.E. (Editors): Plant Resources of South-East Asia No 2: Edible fruits and nuts. PROSEA Foundation, Bogor, Indonesia. Database record: prota4u.org/prosea