Garcinia griffithii (PROSEA)
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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.
