Clusiaceae
Garcinia

Garcinia dulcis (Roxb.) Kurz

First published in J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 43: 88 (1874)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Assam to N. Queensland. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Assam, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Queensland, Sulawesi, Thailand, Vietnam

Introduced into:

Trinidad-Tobago

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
  • Cooper, W.E. (2013). A taxonomic revision of Garcinia L. (Clusiaceae) in Australia, including four new species from tropical Queensland. Austrobaileya 9: 1-29.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS G: 1-40325.
  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Mohanan, N., Shemeer, P.S. & Sabu, T. (2023). Taxonomic revision of Garcinia (Clusiaceae) in India. Rheedea 33: 101-158.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Ngernsaengsaruay C, Chanton P, Chaiprasongsuk M, Leksungnoen N. (2023). http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16572. PeerJ.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
  • Cooper, W.E. (2013). A taxonomic revision of Garcinia L. (Clusiaceae) in Australia, including four new species from tropical Queensland. Austrobaileya 9: 1-29.
  • Dy Phon, P. (2000). Dictionnaire des plantes utilisées au Cambodge: 1-915. Chez l'auteur, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
  • Mohanan, N., Shemeer, P.S. & Sabu, T. (2023). Taxonomic revision of Garcinia (Clusiaceae) in India. Rheedea 33: 101-158.
  • Ngernsaengsaruay C, Chanton P, Chaiprasongsuk M, Leksungnoen N. (2023). http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16572. PeerJ.
  • Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Conklin, H.C.; Buwaya [I-1431] Philippines K003862595 Yes
Wirawan, N. [141] Indonesia K003964935 Yes
Nengah Wirawan [395] Indonesia K003964936 Yes
Sandy [126293] Malaysia K003964964 Yes
Schlechter, R. [19244] Papua New Guinea K003863068 Yes
Ridsdale, C.E. [SMHI442] Philippines K003862603 Yes
E.I.C. [Wallich?] [4839] India K000677635 Unknown Type Material Yes
[Boerlage] [88] K000677709 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [53] Philippines K003862598 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003861187 Yes
Katik, P. [NGF46902] Papua New Guinea K003863055 Yes
Merrill [s.n.] Philippines K003862605 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003964948 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Indonesia K003964945 Yes
s.coll. [13154] Philippines K003862608 Yes
Katik, P.; et a [LAE70860] Papua New Guinea K003863058 Yes
Sosrodihardjo, S. [36] Indonesia K003863020 Yes
Jacobs, M. [4790] Indonesia K003964938 Yes
Lelean, Y.; Stevens, P.F. [LAE51304] Papua New Guinea K003863027 Yes
Watt [1881] K003668956 Yes
Husmady, H.; Ridzuan, A.H.; Baya, B. [FRI37081] Malaysia K003669652 Yes
Branderhorst [s.n.] Indonesia K003863034 Yes
Carr, C.E. [11303] Papua New Guinea K003863062 Yes
Prescott, T.A.K. [81] Papua New Guinea K003863023 Yes
Kinsun Bakia [449] Malaysia K003964968 Yes
Kostermans [220] Indonesia K003863032 Yes
Loher [74] Philippines K003862590 Yes
Corner, E.J.H. [s.n.] Malaysia K003669656 Yes
Kairo, A.; Streimann, H. [NGF30820] Papua New Guinea K003863054 Yes
Dr King's Collector [[6]750] Malaysia K003669660 Yes
Damas, K.; Anos [LAE74527] Papua New Guinea K003863030 Yes
van Royen, P.; Sleumer, H. [7016] Indonesia K003863041 Yes
Croft, J.; Marsh, J. [LAE71217] Papua New Guinea K003863046 Yes
Podzorski, A.C. [SMHI729] Philippines K003862602 Yes
Husmady, H.; Ridzuan, A.H.; Baya, B. [FRI37081] Malaysia K003669655 No
Hyland, B.P.M. [5451] Australia K003863600 Yes
Corner, E.J.H. [s.n.] Malaysia K003669657 Yes
White, K.J. [NGF10807] Papua New Guinea K003863056 Yes
Foxworthy, F.W. [s.n.] Philippines K003862597 Yes
Kostermans, A.J.G.H.; Kuswata; Soegeng; Spepadmo [KKSS382] Indonesia K003964940 Yes
Zollinger, H. [3707] Indonesia K003964943 Yes
Jimbo, T.; Fazang, K.; Damas, D. [LAE89188] Papua New Guinea K003863060 Yes
Brunig, E.F. [S12367] Malaysia K003964960 Yes
Hartley, T.G. [TGH12665] Papua New Guinea K003863038 Yes
Loher, A. [75] Philippines K003862591 Yes
Schlechter, R. [19244] Papua New Guinea K003863070 Yes
Amin, Ag.; Sigon, A. [126840] Malaysia K003964946 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Indonesia K003964939 Yes
de Vogel, E.F.; Vermeulen, J.J. [6613] Indonesia K003964954 Yes
s.coll. [1155] Philippines K003862599 Yes
[Raymond E. Espiritu] [236] Philippines K003862615 Yes
Prescott, T.A.K. [154] Papua New Guinea K001635617 Yes
Neth.Ind.For.Service [bb24353] Indonesia K003964955 Yes
Smythies, B.E. [S12649] Malaysia K003964961 Yes
Smith, L.S. [11854] Australia K003863599 Yes
Burley, J.S.; Tukirin; Ismail [4393] Indonesia K003964959 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Philippines K003862593 Yes
s.coll. [12298] Philippines K003862606 Yes
Kostermans, A. [103] Indonesia K003863035 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003964950 Yes
Whitmore, T.C. [s.n.] Malaysia K003669653 No
Soegeng Reksodihardjo [233] Papua New Guinea K003863022 Yes
Whitmore, T.C. [s.n.] Malaysia K003669659 Yes
s.coll. [89] K000677707 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cockburn, P.F. [s.n.] Malaysia K003669644 Yes
van Royen, P.; Sleumer, H. [6733] K003863048 Yes
Rena; Rantai; Enjah, A.; et al. [S60710] Malaysia K003964967 Yes
Peckel, G. [30] Papua New Guinea K003863028 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Indonesia K003964944 Yes
Burghardt, C.P. [bb6039] Indonesia K003964951 Yes
Tangkilisan [169] Indonesia K003964957 Yes
Jackson, M.F.C. [NGF4110] Papua New Guinea K003863066 Yes
Womersley, J.S. [NGF3930] Papua New Guinea K003863069 Yes
de Vogel, E.F. [1403] Indonesia K003964934 Yes
Ledermann [4474] Papua New Guinea K003863067 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K004030567 Yes
s.coll. [89] K003964947 Yes
Wiriadinata, H. [80] Indonesia K003964937 Yes
Wallich [4839] India K000677636 Unknown Type Material Yes
Elbert, J. [3362] Indonesia K003964953 Yes
Ledermann [9284a] Papua New Guinea K003863064 Yes
Schodde, R. [2195] Papua New Guinea K003863042 Yes
Larsen, K.; Larsen, S.S.; Nielsen, I.; Santisuk, T. [31282] Thailand K003964708 Yes
Sayers, D. [NGF19517] Papua New Guinea K003863040 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [14598] Thailand K003964706 Yes
Smith, L.S. [11719] Australia K003863598 Yes
Henty, E.; Frodin, D. [NGF27369] Papua New Guinea K003863039 Yes
Noorsiha, A.; Buruk, J.; Ridzuan, A.H. [FRI39248] Malaysia K003669658 No
Singapore K:SPC-80001.000 No
Robinson, C.B. [478] Indonesia K003964958 Yes
Saunders, J.C. [70] Papua New Guinea K003863065 Yes
Gideon, O. [lae77011] Papua New Guinea K003863037 Yes
Kloss, C.B. [SFN18709] Malaysia K003964962 Yes
Sayers, D. [NGF21922] Papua New Guinea K003863059 Yes
Kostermans, A. [2638] Indonesia K003863029 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003964949 Yes
Croft, J.R.; et a [LAE68869] Papua New Guinea K003863044 Yes
[C.A. Calcutlaui] [3384] Indonesia K003964942 Yes
s.coll. [NGF3155] Papua New Guinea K003863053 Yes
Anuwat Wanaraks, P. [11] Thailand K003964705 Yes
[Chisiacer] [s.n.] Indonesia K003964941 Yes
Kochummen, K.M. [FRI29061] Malaysia K003669654 Yes
Sands, M.J.S.; Jitmau, M.; Warpur, M.; Magablo, Y. [6419] Indonesia K003863021 Yes
Jackson, M.F.C.; McDonald, G. [4584] Papua New Guinea K003863063 Yes
Whitford, H.N. [s.n.] Philippines K003862596 Yes
Celestino, M.; Ramos, J. [s.n.] Philippines K003862612 Yes
Conn, B.; Katik, P. [LAE66076] Papua New Guinea K003863045 Yes
Isles, R.S.; Katik, P. [NGF32248] Papua New Guinea K003863026 Yes
Podzorski, A.C. [SMHI658] Philippines K003862601 Yes
Rena; Rantai; Enjah, A.; et al. [S60740] Malaysia K003964965 Yes
Whitmore, T.C. [s.n.] Malaysia K003669642 Yes
Celestino, M.; Ramos, J. [s.n.] Philippines K003862613 Yes
Cockburn, P.F. [s.n.] Malaysia K003669643 Yes
Henty, E.E.; Lelean, Y. [NGF49476] Papua New Guinea K003863025 Yes
Carr, C.E. [12735] Papua New Guinea K003863052 Yes
s.coll. [[12411]] Philippines K003862609 Yes
Kostermans; Soogeng [506] Indonesia K003863019 Yes
[H. B. C.] [[RW]] K003668957 Yes
Jackson, M.F.C. [NGF4524] Papua New Guinea K003863050 Yes
Croft, J.R.; Katik, P. [NGF15591] Papua New Guinea K003863024 Yes
Lai; Jugah; Awg. Enjah [S63936] Malaysia K003964963 Yes
Ridsdale, C.E. [SMHI67] Philippines K003862594 Yes
Loher, A. [76] Philippines K003862592 Yes
s.coll. [17284] Philippines K003862607 Yes
s.coll. [MTED367] Malaysia K003964969 Yes
Miranda, D.P. [s.n.] Philippines K003862614 Yes
Carr, C.E. [12727] Papua New Guinea K003863051 Yes
McDonald; Ismail [3793] Indonesia K003863018 Yes
[Bosehproefsl] [Cel/II-435] Indonesia K003964952 Yes
Ridsdale, C.E. [SMHI462] Philippines K003862604 Yes
Brass, L.J. [7976] Papua New Guinea K003863049 Yes
Merrill, E.D. [9448] Philippines K003862610 Yes
Hart, A.J. [5013] Papua New Guinea K003863061 Yes
Streimann, H.; Lelean, Y. [LAE52704] Papua New Guinea K003863031 Yes
Ridsdale, C.E. [SMHI103] Philippines K003862600 Yes
[Boerlage] [90] K000677708 Unknown Type Material Yes
George; Amin; et al. [SAN121250] Malaysia K003964966 Yes
Henty, E.E. [NGF28066] Papua New Guinea K003863047 Yes
Henty, E.E.; Lelean, Y. [NGF41875] Papua New Guinea K003863057 Yes
Marcan, A. [1999] Thailand K003964707 Yes
Tangkilisan [168] Indonesia K003964956 Yes
Hartley, T.G. [TGH9943] Papua New Guinea K003863043 Yes
Branderhorst [266] Indonesia K003863033 Yes
Adduru, M. [188] Philippines K003862611 Yes
Kostermans [456] Indonesia K003863036 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 4839] Malaysia Xanthochymus dulcis K001104038 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 4839] Xanthochymus dulcis K001104037 Unknown Type Material Yes
King [136] India Garcinia andamanica K000677630 Unknown Type Material Yes
King [s.n.] India Garcinia andamanica K000677631 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [9738] Thailand Garcinia cambodgiensis K003669969 Yes
Pierre, L. [775] Cambodia Garcinia cambodgiensis K000677687 Unknown Type Material Yes
van Beusekom, C.F.; Santisuk, [3266] Thailand Garcinia cambodgiensis K003669966 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [9461] Thailand Garcinia cambodgiensis K003669967 Yes
Poilane, M. [1815] Vietnam Garcinia cambodgiensis K003669972 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [9738] Thailand Garcinia cambodgiensis K003669968 Yes
Poilane, M. [27115] Vietnam Garcinia cambodgiensis K003669973 Yes
Nicolson, D.H. [1645] Thailand Garcinia cambodgiensis K003669964 Yes
Meng, M. [94] Cambodia Garcinia cambodgiensis K003669975 Yes
Collins, E.E. [1856] Thailand Garcinia cambodgiensis K003669963 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [17657] Thailand Garcinia cambodgiensis K003669970 Yes
Collins, E.E. [609] Thailand Garcinia cambodgiensis K003669971 Yes
Poilane, M. [26214] Vietnam Garcinia cambodgiensis K003669974 Yes
Jun 1, 2011 Pierre, L. [773] Vietnam Garcinia vilersiana K000742482 Type Yes
Jun 1, 2011 Pierre, L. [9641] Vietnam Garcinia vilersiana K000742481 Type Yes
Pierre, L. [773] Vietnam Garcinia vilersiana K000677684 Unknown Type Material Yes
Pierre [3885] Vietnam Garcinia vilersiana K003669953 Yes
Gwynne-Vaughan, D.T. [359] Thailand Garcinia vilersiana K003669954 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [18972] Thailand Garcinia vilersiana K003669958 Yes
Pierre, L. [128 = 3641] Vietnam Garcinia vilersiana K000677686 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kerr [18972] Thailand Garcinia vilersiana K003669957 Yes
Pierre, L. [3641] Vietnam Garcinia vilersiana K000677685 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gardner, S.; Sidisunthorn, S.; Tippayasri, P. [s.n.] Thailand Garcinia vilersiana K003669950 Yes
Gardner, S.; Sidisunthorn, P. [s.n.] Thailand Garcinia vilersiana K003669951 Yes
Kerr, A. [12797] Thailand Garcinia vilersiana K003669961 Yes
Kerr, A. [8295] Thailand Garcinia vilersiana K003669962 Yes
Gwynne-Vaughan, D.T. [359] Thailand Garcinia vilersiana K003669955 Yes
Gwynne-Vaughan, D.T. [359] Thailand Garcinia vilersiana K003669956 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [18845] Thailand Garcinia vilersiana K003669959 Yes
Eanghourt, K.; Phirun, P. [s.n.] Cambodia Garcinia vilersiana K003669952 Yes
Britton, N.L.; Cowell, J.F. [10262] Cuba Garcinia elliptica K003455965 Yes
Shafer, J.A. [12262] Cuba Garcinia elliptica K003455964 Yes

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