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Clusiaceae FAMILY

Garcinia buchananii

Garcinia buchananii

Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitEvergreen Tree
Growth—

A plant of the moist tropics, it grows in Tanzania in areas where the mean annual rainfall is in the range 800 - 1,800mm[1]. Thrives well on sandy loams[1]. A dioecious species, both male and female forms usually need to be grown if fruit and seed are required[2]. At least some dioecious Garcinia species, however, are able to produce fertile seed even in the absence of fertilization (asexual reproduction). Such seeds would be expected to be genetically identical to the parent[3]

Propagation

Seed - we have no specific information on this species, but the seed of most members of the genus can be slow to germinate, even if sown fresh, often taking 6 months or more[PFAF]. Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Garcinia+buchananii>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

  1. [1]Edible Wild Plants of Tanzania — Ruffo, C.K.: Birnie, A. & Tengnas, B. · Regional Land Management Unit; Nairobi. · 2002 · ISBN 9966-896-60-0 ↩︎A very well presented, simple guide to growing and utilizing wild food plants in Tanzania, with line drawings of each plant, a description, habitat and range, non-food as well as food uses, plus basic information on growing the plants.
  2. [2]Contribution to the taxonomy of Garcinia (Clusiaceae) in Africa, including two new species from Gabon and a key to t — Marc S.M. Sosef, Gilles Dauby · 2012 · http://www.phytokeys.com ↩︎
  3. [3]Taxonomic Revision of Garcinia Section Garcinia (Clusiaceae) — Nazre M., Newman M.F., Pennington R.T. & Middleton D.J. · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.373.1.1 · ISBN 1179-3155 ↩︎
  4. [PFAF]Plants for a Future — pfaf.org ↩︎