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Taxon:
Garcinia indica
(Thouars) Choisy
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Garcinia
Family:
Clusiaceae
(alt. Guttiferae)
Nomen number:
311275
Place of publication:
A. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 1:561. 1824
Verified:
02/17/1987
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Brindonia indica
Thouars
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Reference(s)
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
Blicher-Mathiesen, U.
1994. Borneo Illipe, a fat product from different
Shorea
spp. (Dipterocarpaceae). Econ. Bot. 48:236.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/12231
Encke, F. et al.
1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
Kunkel, G.
1984. Plants for human consumption
Mabberley, D. J.
1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
Maheshwari, J. K.
1965. Taxonomic studies on Indian Guttiferae. III. The genus
Garcinia
Linn. s.l. Bull. Bot. Surv. India 6:127-128.
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Personal Care Products Council.
INCI
URL:
http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Sharma, B. D. et al., eds.
1993-. Flora of India.
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds.
1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Note:
in note
Uphof, J. C. T.
1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds.
1991. Edible fruits and nuts. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 2:377.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Common names
English
Goa-butter –
Reference(s)
kokam –
Reference(s)
kokum –
Reference(s)
Swedish
kokum –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
Goa
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
Karnataka
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
Kerala
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
Maharashtra
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
Tamil Nadu
2
Cultivated
also cult.
Native
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
[Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Goa]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Food additives
flavoring
source of kokum fat or Goa butter fide Blicher-Mathiesen, Econ Bot 48:236; Dict Econ Pl
Blicher-Mathiesen, U.
1994. Borneo Illipe, a fat product from different
Shorea
spp. (Dipterocarpaceae). Econ. Bot. 48:236.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/12231
Human food
fruit
Kunkel, G.
1984. Plants for human consumption
Human food
fruit
Sharma, B. D. et al., eds.
1993-. Flora of India.
Materials
lipids
Sharma, B. D. et al., eds.
1993-. Flora of India.
Medicines
folklore
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Name
References