About charichuela
Garcinia madruno, the charichuela, is a fruit-producing tree species from the lowland and montane rainforests of Central and South America. It ranges from Honduras to Trinidad, Paraguay, and northeastern Brazil. The leaves are dark green and leathery. The fruit looks like a shriveled droopy lemon and has a similar rind, so is sometimes called a lemon drop mangosteen. The interior is soft white pulp and has a popular, slightly citrusy taste people have compared to a sweet santol fruit or lemony cotton candy. The species was first described as Calophyllum madruno by Carl Sigismund Kunth in 1822. In 1989 Barry Edward Hammel placed the species in genus Garcinia as G. madruno.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Garcinia madruno
- Genus
- Garcinia
- Family
- CLUSIACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Cultivated Key identification features : Flowers yellow, solitary. Latex light yellow
- Flowering & fruiting
- March-July
Clusiaceae
Mangosteen/Garcinia family
charichuela belongs to the Clusiaceae family.
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