Garcinia gummi-gutta (L.) N.Robson
First published in Brittonia 20: 103 (1968)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. India. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
India
Introduced into:
Assam, Bangladesh
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Cambogia gummi-gutta L. in Gen. Pl., ed. 5.: 522 (1754)
- Cambogia gutta L. in Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1073 (1759), nom. superfl.
- Garcinia cambogia Desr. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 3: 701 (1792), nom. superfl.
- Garcinia gutta Roxb. ex Wall. in Numer. List: 141 (1831), nom. superfl.
- Mangostana cambogia Gaertn. in Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 106 (1790), nom. superfl.
Accepted Infraspecifics
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- 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.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
- Mostaph, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 1977 | [Wight] [s.n.] | K000677637 | Yes | ||
| s.coll. [Cat. no. 4866] | Garcinia gutta | K001104102 | Yes | ||
| s.coll. [Cat. no. 4866] | Garcinia gutta | K001104100 | Yes | ||
| s.coll. [Cat. no. 4866] | Garcinia gutta | K001104101 | Yes | ||
| Jul 2, 1914 | [Wight] [s.n.], India | Garcinia cambogia | K000677578 | Yes | |
| Jul 2, 1914 | [Wight] [141], India | Garcinia cambogia | K000677579 | Yes | |
| Jul 2, 1914 | [Wight] [341], India | Garcinia cambogia | K000677576 | Yes | |
| [H.f.] [4867] | Garcinia cambogia | K000677583 | Yes | ||
| Wight [249], India | Garcinia cambogia | K000677580 | Yes | ||
| s.coll. [Cat. no. 4865] | Garcinia cambogia | K001104097 | Yes | ||
| s.coll. [Cat. no. 4865] | Garcinia cambogia | K001104098 | Yes | ||
| Noton, E. [Cat. no. 4865], India | Garcinia cambogia | K001104099 | Yes | ||
| [Wight] [142], India | Garcinia cambogia | K000677577 | Yes | ||
| s.coll. [Cat. no. 4865] | Garcinia cambogia | K001104095 | Yes | ||
| s.coll. [Cat. no. 4865] | Garcinia cambogia | K001104096 | Yes |
Sources
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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IUCN Categories
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images