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Garcinia echinocarpa is a small to medium tree from the Clusiaceae family, native to Sri Lanka's wet tropical forests. It is a forest tree rather than a commonly grown garden or houseplant, so care details below are general guidance for a warm, humid tropical tree.
Garcinia echinocarpa is a species of small to medium tree in the family Clusiaceae.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Garcinia echinocarpa 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.
