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In Singapore: Asam Gelugor, Gelugor (Native to Singapore, Critically Endangered)
Garcinia atroviridis is a large evergreen rainforest tree from Southeast Asia, grown widely for its sour fruit used as a souring agent in curries. It is dioecious, so both male and female trees are needed for fruit, and it is a tree-sized crop rather than a houseplant.
Garcinia atroviridis, known as asam gelugur, asam gelugo, or asam keping (in Malay, Thai: ส้มแขก) is a large rainforest tree which ranges from the eastern Himalayas through Myanmar and Thailand to Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, and Sumatra. Garcinia atroviridis is commonly found in evergreen forests in the southern region of Thailand and Malaysia. This species grows wild throughout Peninsular Malaysia but is also widely cultivated, especially in the northern states, owing to its economic and medicinal value.
The fruit contains citric acid, tartaric acid, malic acid and ascorbic acid, hydroxycitric acid, and flavonoids.
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[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Garcinia atroviridis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
