Mysore Gamboge
Garcinia wightii
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Kerala
- Flowering
- November-March
How to identify Mysore Gamboge
Identify Mysore Gamboge by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Yellow resin tapped from the bark.
- Confirm leaf shape: Elliptic (widest at middle).
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: November-March.
- In India, compare location records such as Kerala.
- Confirm it sits within the Clusiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Mysore Gamboge.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Garcinia wightii
- Genus
- Garcinia
- Family
- Clusiaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Along stream banks in evergreen - semi-Evergreen forests
- Found in India
- Kerala
- Flowering & fruiting
- November-March
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable (VU)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Elliptic (widest at middle)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Mysore Gamboge itself; the rest are typical of the Clusiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
Typical of the family
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Mysore Gamboge itself; the rest are typical of the Clusiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- ആറ്റുകറുക
About Mysore Gamboge
Mysore Gamboge (Garcinia wightii) belongs to the Clusiaceae family, where it grows as a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Kerala. It grows in along stream banks in evergreen - semi-Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from November to March.
Clusiaceae
Mangosteen/Garcinia family
Mysore Gamboge belongs to the Clusiaceae family.
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