Garcinia vidalii (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Garcinia vidalii Merr.

Family: Guttiferae

• Philippines: piris (Tagalog), bagalat (Bisaya).

The Philippines.

Fruits edible.

• Tree, 25 m tall, trunk 90 cm diameter.
• Leaves ovate, 10-20 cm long.
• Flowers unisexual, white.
• Fruit a globose berry, 6-9 cm in diameter, pale green, skin firm, arillodes yellow.
• Seeds several.

In primary forests at low and medium altitudes.

• Brown, W.H., 1951-1957. Useful plants of the Philippines. Reprint of the 1941-1943 ed. 3 Volumes. Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Technical Bulletin 10. Bureau of Printing, Manila, the Philippines.

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