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Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Garcinia griffithii T. Anderson

Family: Guttiferae

Vernacular names

• Peninsular Malaysia: apple-kandis, kandis gajah. == Distribution ==

Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore.

Uses

Fruits are acid but edible, usually cooked.

Observations

Tree, 12-18 m tall. Leaves broadly elliptic, 22-40 cm × 10-20 cm. Flowers unisexual, yellowish but petals reddish at base. Fruit a globose berry, 5-8 cm diameter, like a green apple, turning brown-yellow. Common in lowland forest.

Selected sources

10, 12, 72.