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Garcinia montana

Garcinia montana is a tree in the mangosteen family (Clusiaceae), native to Peninsular Malaysia (Johor). It is a forest species rarely grown as a garden or houseplant, so care guidance is limited.

Family
Clusiaceae (Clusi family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist, not waterlogged, especially in the first years.
Soil
Well-drained, humus-rich loam or forest soil.
Temperature
22–32 °C; protect below 15 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
Pen. Malaysia (Johor)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Garcinia montana is a species of flowering plant of the family Clusiaceae. It is a tree endemic to Peninsular Malaysia.

The species was described by Henry Nicholas Ridley, and published in the Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society in 1901.

Other Garcinia plants

Garcinia acuminata · Garcinia acutifolia · Bitter Kola · Garcinia aristata · Garcinia assamica · Garcinia atroviridis · Garcinia benthamiana · Garcinia bifasciculata · Garcinia binucao · Garcinia brasiliensis · Garcinia brassii · Garcinia brevirostris

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Garcinia montana 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.

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