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5199.000 Garcinia
Description of the genus
Trees or shrubs with yellow latex. Leaves opposite or sometimes subopposite or whorled; lamina (in ours) opaque. Flowers terminal or axillary, solitary or in few- to many-flowered cymes, dioecious or polygamous. Sepals 4(-5). Petals 4(-5), greenish-white to yellow. Male flowers with 4 fascicles of stamens. Fruit a 1-4-seeded, ± fleshy berry. Seeds arillate. Derivation of name: after Laurent Garcin, 1683-1761, French-born army physician, naturalist and botanist Worldwide: 200 species in tropical Old World, especially Asia and southern Africa Mozambique: 6 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| acutifolia N. Robson[NrEnd] | N | |
| buchananii Baker | N,Z,MS | Description, Image |
| kingaensis Engl. | Z,MS | Description, Image |
| livingstonei T. Anderson | N,Z,T,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
| smeathmannii (Planch. & Triana) Oliv. | Z | Description, Image |
| volkensii Engl. | Z | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Garcinia:
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Flora of Botswana: GarciniaFlora of Burundi: Garcinia
Flora of Caprivi: Garcinia
Flora of the DRC: Garcinia
Flora of Malawi: Garcinia
Flora of Rwanda: Garcinia
Flora of Zambia: Garcinia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Garcinia
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Garcinia
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): GarciniaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Garcinia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Garcinia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Garcinia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Garcinia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Garcinia
JSTOR Plant Science: Garcinia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Garcinia
Plants of the World Online: Garcinia
Tropicos: Garcinia
Wikipedia: Garcinia
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