African Mangosteen
Garcinia livingstonei
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Maharashtra
- Flowering
- September-November
How to identify African Mangosteen
Identify African Mangosteen by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Whorled leaves in threes.
- Confirm leaf arrangement: Opposite.
- Confirm leaf shape: Obovate (egg-shaped, broad at tip).
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- Confirm fruit type: Berry.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: September-November.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Garcinia livingstonei
- Genus
- Garcinia
- Family
- Clusiaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Maharashtra
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-November
Leaf characters
- Leaf arrangement
- OppositerecordedTwo leaves arise from the stem at the same point, facing each other.“The leaves are borne in opposite pairs or whorls of 3–4, each leaf blue-green, oval, 6–11 cm long and 3–5.5 cm broad.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf shape
- Obovate (egg-shaped, broad at tip)recorded
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for African Mangosteen itself; the rest are typical of the Clusiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
- Fruit type
- BerryrecordedA fleshy fruit with seeds embedded directly in the pulp, no central stone.“The fruit is a small, bright, orange, thin-skinned berry 1–4 cm diameter, with one single large seed;” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for African Mangosteen itself; the rest are typical of the Clusiaceae family — flowering plants only.
About African Mangosteen
African Mangosteen (Garcinia livingstonei) is a tree in the Clusiaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra. Flowering and fruiting run from September to November.
Clusiaceae
Mangosteen/Garcinia family
African Mangosteen belongs to the Clusiaceae family.
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