Garcinia xanthochymus J. Hooker ex Anderson

 
  • Family : CLUSIACEAE
    (Garcinia Or Kokam Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KOKAM FAMILY (कोकम फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System IV) : Clusiaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Garcinia roxburghii Kurz; Garcinia tinctoria (Choisy) W.Wight; Stalagmitis pictoria (Roxb.) G.Don; Xanthochymus pictorius Roxb.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Garcinia xanthochymus Hook.f. ex T.Anderson
  • Common name : Mysore Gamboge, Egg Tree, Himalayan Garcinia, Sour Mangosteen, Yellow Mangosteen
  • Vernacular name :
    • Dampel Tamal (Hindi)
    • Jaarige, Devajaarige (Kannada)
    • Tamalamu, Iwaramamidi, Ivarumidi, Sikathimramu, Lolluri, Evaru madi (Telugu)
    • Satyamba, Sitambu, Rajambo, Cheoro, Chiuri, Chinyara (Oria)
    • Anavaya, Andoor mavu, Bhaviyam, Monthanpuli, Pinar, Thamala, Vayirapuli (Malayalam)
    • Dharambo, Jhrambi, Ota (Marathi)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Rare in evergreen forests, near stream of Eastern Ghats.
  • Comments / notes : The young leaves are greenish-white or almost white and come out in the month of February. The acid fruit is eaten. Resin from the stem is a source of water colour used in dyeing.
  • Key identification features : A handsome tree with greenish, angled, branchlets, bark dark coloured, out yellowish. Narrowly oblong to oblong-lanceolate, acute or rounded at the base and apex, thick; petioles strong. Flowers greenish-white, in axillary fascicles or from the scars of the fallen leaves. Fruit globose, dark yellow when ripe.
  • Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Srikakulam district, Visakhapatnam district, Vizianagaram district, East Godavari district
    • Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district
    • Kerala : Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Alappuzha district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Maharashtra : Nagpur district, Mumbai Suburban district, Kolhapur district, Pune district, Sindhudurg district
    • Odisha : Similipahal district (Mayurbhanj district), Mahendragiri Hills (Ganjam district), Parlakhemundi Hills (Gajapati district), Puri distrcit (Puri district), Sundergarh district (Sundargarh district), Phuljhari Valley (Boudh district), Rebna forest (Kendujhar district)
    • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, The Nilgiri district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Saddle Peak in N. Andaman, Rangat in M. Andaman and Jharnanala tikri in S. Andaman.
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
    • R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
    • Naidu, M.T. & O.A. Kumar 2015. Tree species diversity in the Eastern Ghats of Northern Andhra Pradesh, India. JoTT 7 (8): 7443-7459
    • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • N.P. Sing & S. Karthikeyan 2000. Flora of Maharastra vol 1. Botanical survey of India, Govt. India.
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 89
    • K.Ravikumar, A.C.Tangavelou, & Navendu Page. (2021). Seed plants of Karnataka, India: A concise dictionary. FRLHT-TDU, National Biodiversity Authority (NBA), Chennai.
    • P. S. N. Rao, P. M. Padhey, B. K. Sinha, H. S. Debnath, P. Lakshminarasimhan, & L. N. Ray. (1999). Flora of Andaman-Nicobar Islands (Vol. 1). Director, Botanical Survey of India.
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