Garcinia luzoniensis (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Garcinia luzoniensis Merr.

Family: Guttiferae

• Philippines: malabinukau (Tagalog).

Endemic in the Philippines.

The acid fruits are eaten raw after removing the peel.

• Small tree with narrowly oblong, opposite leaves.
• Inflorescences axillary cymes, 2 cm long, with creamy white flowers.
• Fruit a globose berry, 1-seeded.

In primary forests at low altitudes.

• 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.

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