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Garcinia zeylanica is a tropical forest tree from southern India and southwestern Sri Lanka, known from only a few forest sites in Sri Lanka. It is rarely grown and is best kept warm, humid and in bright light if cultivated.
Garcinia zeylanica is a terrestrial species of flowering plant in the family Clusiaceae. It is a tree native to southwestern Sri Lanka, where it can be seen only in three forest localities. According to Plants of the World Online it is also native to southern India.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Garcinia zeylanica 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.
