Garcinia celebica L.

 
  • Family : CLUSIACEAE
    (Garcinia Or Kokam Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KOKAM FAMILY (कोकम फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System IV) : Clusiaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Oxycarpus celebica (L.) Poir.; Stalagmitis celebica (L.) G.Don; Discostigma febrile Miq.; Garcinia affinis Wall. ex Pierre; Garcinia basacensis Pierre; Garcinia benthamii Pierre; Garcinia broewas Boerl.; Garcinia cornea L.; Garcinia fabrilis Miq.; Garcinia ferrea Pierre; Garcinia hombroniana Pierre; Garcinia jawoera Pierre; Garcinia krawang Pierre; Garcinia massoniana Klotzsch ex Planch. & Triana; Garcinia porrecta Wall. ex Vesque; Garcinia riedeliana Pierre; Garcinia rumphii Pierre; Garcinia sintang Boerl.; Oxycarpus indica Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Garcinia celebica L.
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests, dispersed throughout the islands
  • Key identification features : A pretty tree with a dark greenish bark peeling in flakes which leave small yellowish-brown patches, with cut dark reddish. Flowers yellow, usually 4-5 fasciculate, axillary or between the terminal pair of leaves, Fruit bright red when ripe.
  • Flower, Fruit : November-August
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Kerala
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 90
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • Read more :
  • Permalink : https://indiatrees-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Garcinia celebica
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Garcinia celebica. Downloaded on 4 October 2026.

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