Garcinia dives (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Garcinia dives Pierre

Family: Guttiferae

Vernacular names

• Philippines: bilukau, malatum baga (Tagalog), pildis (Pampangan).

Distribution

Endemic in the Philippines.

Uses

The acid fruits are eaten raw after removing the peel.

Observations

• Shrub or small tree.
• Leaves opposite, oblong.
• Flowers solitary or few in fascicles, white.
• Fruit an ellipsoid to globose berry, 2-3 cm long, containing one seed.

In forests at low and medium altitudes.

Selected sources

• Merrill, E.D., 1923 1925. An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants. 4 Volumes. Government of the Philippine Islands, Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Bureau of Printing, Manila.

• Monsalud, M.R., Tongacan, A.L., Lopez, F.R. & Lagrimas, M.Q., 1966. Edible wild plants in Philippine forests. The Philippine Journal of Science 95: 431 561.

Authors

P.C.M. Jansen, J. Jukema, L.P.A. Oyen, T.G. van Lingen