Garcinia sizygiifolia (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Garcinia sizygiifolia Pierre

Family: Guttiferae

• Indonesia: funi.

Indonesia.

Fruit edible, acid. Fruits and young leaves also used as vegetable or condiment. Wood is hard and used for small utensils.

• Small tree with prop roots.
• Fruit a green berry, skin thin, seeds 12 with juicy arillodes.

Fruits ripen very slowly.

• Heyne, K., 1927. De nuttige planten van Nederlandsch Indië [The useful plants of the Dutch East Indies]. 2nd ed. 3 Volumes. Departement van Landbouw, Nijverheid en Handel in Nederlandsch Indië. 1953 pp.

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