page_title: Garcinia
section_title: Species
hierarchical_section_title: Garcinia / Species
caption_attribution_description: Garcinia pseudoguttifera; (moʻonia) in Vavaʻu, Tonga; ʻEneʻio botanical garden
context_page_description: Garcinia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Clusiaceae native to Asia, America, Australia, tropical and southern Africa, and Polynesia. The number of species is disputed; the Kew Gardens recognise up to 400. Commonly, the plants in this genus are called saptrees, mangosteens, garcinias, or monkey fruit.
  Many species are threatened by habitat destruction, and at least one species, G. cadelliana, from South Andaman Island, is almost or even completely extinct already.
  The fruits are a food source for several animals, such as the archduke butterflies of tropical eastern Asia which relish the sap of overripe mangosteens.
context_section_description: As of December 2018, Kew's Plants of the World Online lists nearly 400 accepted species. Selected species include:
  Garcinia acutifolia
  Garcinia afzelii
  Garcinia aristata
  Garcinia assamica
  Garcinia atroviridis – asam gelugur (Indonesian), asam gelugor (Malaysian), asam keping (Malaysian)
  Garcinia benthamiana – asashi
  Garcinia bifasciculata
  Garcinia brasiliensis – bacupari-mirim
  Garcinia brevipedicellata
  Garcinia burkillii
  Garcinia cadelliana
  Garcinia cantleyana
  Garcinia celebica L.
  Garcinia clusiaefolia
  Garcinia costata
  Garcinia decussata
  Garcinia diversifolia
  Garcinia dulcis – mundu, rata
  Garcinia echinocarpa
  Garcinia epunctata
  Garcinia eugeniaefolia
  Garcinia gardneriana – bacupari
  Garcinia gummi-gutta – gambooge, garcinia cambogia, brindleberry, brindall berry, Malabar tamarind
  Garcinia hanburyi – Hanbury's garcinia
  Garcinia hendersoniana
  Garcinia hermonii
  Garcinia holttumii
  Garcinia humilis – achachairú, achacha
  Garcinia imberti
  Garcinia indica – wild mangosteen,
  Garcinia intermedia – lemon drop mangosteen, machare
  Garcinia kingii
  Garcinia kola – bitter kola
  Garcinia linii
  Garcinia livingstonei – African mangosteen, Lowveld mangosteen, Livingstone's garcinia, imbe
  Garcinia loureiroi - (Khmer: សណ្ដាន់)
  Garcinia macrophylla – pungara
  Garcinia madruno (Kunth) Hammel – charichuelo
  Garcinia magnifolia – bebasajo
  Garcinia maingayi
  Garcinia mangostana – purple mangosteen
  Garcinia minutiflora
  Garcinia monantha
  Garcinia montana
  Garcinia morella – batuan (Hiligaynon), ireevalsinni (Tamil)
  Garcinia multiflora Champ. – hạt điều màu (Vietnamese)
  Garcinia murtonii
  Garcinia nigrolineata Planch. ex T.Anderson
  Garcinia oliveri
  Garcinia opaca
  Garcinia paucinervis
  Garcinia pedunculata
  Garcinia prainiana – button mangosteen, cherapu
  Garcinia pushpangadaniana
  Garcinia pyrifera
  Garcinia quaesita
  Garcinia rubro-echinata
  Garcinia scortechinii
  Garcinia semseii
  Garcinia sessilis Seem. – heilala (Tongan), seilala (Samoan)
  Garcinia spicata
  Garcinia staudtii
  Garcinia terpnophylla
  Garcinia thwaitesii
  Garcinia travancorica
  Garcinia uniflora
  Garcinia warrenii F.Muell.
  Garcinia wightii
  Garcinia xanthochymus – yellow mangosteen, gamboge
  Garcinia zeylanica
caption: Young moʻonia tree (Garcinia pseudoguttifera)
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