Taxon:
Garcinia gummi-gutta (L.) N. Robson
Summary
Place of publication:
Brittonia 20:103. 1968
Verified:
05/02/2002
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. 1948-1976. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials. Note: = Garcinia cambogia
- Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs Note: = Garcinia cambogia
- Matthew, K. M. 1983. The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic. Note: = Garcinia cambogia
- Parrotta, J. A. 2001. Healing plants of peninsular India CABI International, Wallingford, United Kingdom.
- 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
- Saldanha, C. J. & D. H. Nicolson. 1976. Flora of Hassan district. Note: = Garcinia cambogia
- Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
Common names
English
Malabar-tamarind –
Distribution
order_code | 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 | |
Native
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India [Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Kerala]
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Medicines | folklore | fide CRC MedHerbs ed2, as Garcinia cambogia; Herbs Commerce ed2, as Garcinia cambogia; Healing Pl India | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |