Botanical Family · Malpighiales
Clusiaceae
Mangosteen/Garcinia family
21 speciesOrder Malpighiales8+ well-known plants
Trees with yellow latex and opposite leathery leaves. Includes mangosteen and Garcinia. Fruit is a berry with persistent sepals.
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How to recognise the Clusiaceae family
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Leaf arrangement: opposite
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Leaf type: simple
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Growth forms: tree/shrub
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Inflorescence: cymose
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Fruit: berry
Typical leaf characters
Characters typical of the family — individual species can vary.
Typical flower & fruit
- Flower symmetryVariable
- InflorescenceVariable
- FruitCapsule
Typical of the family — flowering plants only; species can vary.
Notable members
Konkan Beauty Leaf TreeCalophyllum apetalumRhomb-Leaved PoonCalophyllum austroindicumAlexdranian Laurel, Common Poon, Dilo Oil TreeCalophyllum inophyllumThe Poon-Spar, Poon Tree, Sirpoon TreeCalophyllum polyanthumAutograph TreeClusia roseaBeach Calophyllum, Borneo Mahogany, Cowa Fruit, Cowa MangosteenGarcinia cowaMalabar GambogeGarcinia gummi-guttaCoccum, Brindonia Tallow Tree, Goa-Butter, Indian Gamboge, Indian Tallow Tree, Kokum, Kokam Butter Tree, Mangosteen Oil Tree, Wild MangosteenGarcinia indica
All 21 species in CLUSIACEAE
- Konkan Beauty Leaf TreeCalophyllum apetalum
- Rhomb-Leaved PoonCalophyllum austroindicum
- Alexdranian Laurel, Common Poon, Dilo Oil TreeCalophyllum inophyllum
- The Poon-Spar, Poon Tree, Sirpoon TreeCalophyllum polyanthum
- Autograph TreeClusia rosea
- Beach Calophyllum, Borneo Mahogany, Cowa Fruit, Cowa MangosteenGarcinia cowa
- Malabar GambogeGarcinia gummi-gutta
- Coccum, Brindonia Tallow Tree, Goa-Butter, Indian Gamboge, Indian Tallow Tree, Kokum, Kokam Butter Tree, Mangosteen Oil Tree, Wild MangosteenGarcinia indica
- African MangosteenGarcinia livingstonei
- CharichuelaGarcinia madruno
- Ceylon Gamboge, Indian Gamboge TreeGarcinia morella
- Talbot GarciniaGarcinia talbotii
- Travancore GambogeGarcinia travancorica
- Mysore GambogeGarcinia wightii
- Mysore Gamboge, Egg Tree, Himalayan Garcinia, Sour Mangosteen, Yellow MangosteenGarcinia xanthochymus
- Mammee Apple TreeMammea americana
- SurangiMammea suriga
- Ceylon Iron-Wood, Indian Rose Chestnut, Cobra's Saffron, Inagas Tree, Ironwood, Mesua, Nagas Tree, Penaga LiliMesua ferrea
- Indian Milled-Leaf TreePoeciloneuron indicum
- Agasthiyamalaia pauciflora
- Ochrocarpos longifolius
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