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Taxon:  Garcinia morella (Gaertn.) Desr.



Summary
Genus:
Garcinia
Family:
Clusiaceae (alt. Guttiferae)
Nomen number:
71014
Place of publication:
J. B. A. P. M. de Lamarck, Encycl. 3:701, t. 405, fig. 2. 1792
Verified:
02/17/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Mangostana morella Gaertn.

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Reference(s)
  1. Boer, E. & A. B. Ella, eds. 2000. Plants producing exudates. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 18:125.
  2. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. 1956. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials. 4:105-107.
  3. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
  4. Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
  5. Kunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption
  6. Maheshwari, J. K. 1965. Taxonomic studies on Indian Guttiferae. III. The genus Garcinia Linn. s.l. Bull. Bot. Surv. India 6:132-133.
  7. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  8. Saldanha, C. J. & D. H. Nicolson. 1976. Flora of Hassan district.
  9. Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
  10. Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds. 1991. Edible fruits and nuts. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 2:175.
Common names
English
Indian gamboge-tree –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBangladesh  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaAssam 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaKarnataka 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaKerala 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaMeghalaya 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaTamil Nadu 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
Native
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bangladesh, India [Assam, Karnataka, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu, Kerala], Sri Lanka
  • INDO-CHINA: Myanmar
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodoil/fatfide L Edible Pl; Pl Res SEAs 2:377. 1991Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds. 1991. Edible fruits and nuts. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 2:175.
Materialsgum/resin Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. 1956. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials. 4:105-107.
Materialstannin/dyestuff Boer, E. & A. B. Ella, eds. 2000. Plants producing exudates. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 18:125.
Materialstannin/dyestuff Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
Materialstannin/dyestuff Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
Medicinesfolklore Boer, E. & A. B. Ella, eds. 2000. Plants producing exudates. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 18:125.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=71014. Accessed 20 May 2025.