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Garcinia xanthochymus
Also called False Mangosteen, Gambogetree, Sour Mangosteen
In Singapore: Egg Tree, Gamboge Tree, Sour Mangosteen, Himalayan Garcinia, False Mangosteen, Camboge, Mundu (Cultivated in Singapore)
Garcinia xanthochymus is a medium to large evergreen tree of humid forests in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Indochina and southern China, grown for its sour yellow fruit. It needs a warm, humid tropical climate and rich, moist soil.
Garcinia xanthochymus, the false mangosteen, gamboge, yellow mangosteen, Himalayan Garcinia, or sour mangosteen is a species of mangosteen native to India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Indochina, and southern China at elevations of 0 – 1400 meters. Plants are found growing in humid forests of valleys or on hills. It is locally known as defol (ডেফল) in Bengal, tepor tenga (টেপৰ টেঙা) in Assam, and heirangoi (হৈরাংগোই) in Manipur.
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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 xanthochymus 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.
