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Taxon:
Garcinia livingstonei
T. Anderson
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Garcinia
Family:
Clusiaceae
(alt. Guttiferae)
Nomen number:
71009
Place of publication:
J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 9:263. 1867
Protologue link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/226276
Verified:
05/30/2018
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
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Reference(s)
Burkill, H. M.
1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
Cooper, W. E.
2013. A taxonomic revision of
Garcinia
L. (Clusiaceae) in Australia, including four new species from tropical Queensland. Austrobaileya 9:1-29.
Dyer, R. A. et al., eds.
1963-. Flora of southern Africa.
Exell, A. W. et al., eds.
1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
URL:
http://www.kew.org/efloras/namesearch.do
Facciola, S.
1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper.
1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
Magness, J. R. et al.
1971. Food and feed crops of the United States. IR Bull. 1
Maheshwari, J. K.
1965. Taxonomic studies on Indian Guttiferae. III. The genus
Garcinia
Linn. s.l. Bull. Bot. Surv. India 6:116.
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Merxmüller, H., ed.
1966-1972. Prodromus einer flora von Sudwestafrika.
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
Sweeney, P.
2011. Review of
Clusiaceae
data for
World Economic Plants
, ed. 2. pers. comm. via e-mail on 30 Mar.
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds.
1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
African plant database. Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques Ville de Geneve.
URL:
http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php
Note:
described as a tree for South Africa, while a shrub or tree for other tropical African countries
Common names
English
African mangosteen –
Reference(s)
imbé –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Kenya
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Tanzania
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Uganda
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Somalia
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Angola
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Malawi
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Mozambique
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Zambia
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Zimbabwe
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
Botswana
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
Eswatini
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
Namibia
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
KwaZulu-Natal
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
Transvaal
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Côte D'Ivoire
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Ghana
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Guinea
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Mali
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Nigeria
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Togo
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Cameroon
1
Native
Africa
Western Indian Ocean
Comoros
2
Cultivated
Australasia
Australia
Australia
Queensland
possible naturalization
Native
Africa
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Somalia
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya
,
Tanzania
,
Uganda
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Cameroon
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Côte D'Ivoire
,
Ghana
,
Guinea
,
Mali
,
Nigeria
,
Togo
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola
,
Mozambique
,
Malawi
,
Zambia
,
Zimbabwe
SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana
,
Namibia
,
Eswatini
,
South Africa
[KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal]
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Comoros
Cultivated
Australasia
AUSTRALIA:
Australia
[Queensland (possible naturalization)]
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Human food
potential as fruit
locally used in Mozambique fide Crops US; Use Pl WT Afr
Magness, J. R. et al.
1971. Food and feed crops of the United States. IR Bull. 1
Name
References