Clusiaceae FAMILY

Garcinia mestonii

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Garcinia mestonii is a small tree. The bole does not exceed 30cm in diameter[ 713 Title Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/rfk/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An online resource giving botanical information, and a little bit about plant usage, for over 2,700 species of plants found in the Australian rainforest. ]. The edible fruit is gathered from the wild for local use, whilst it is also sometimes cultivated for this fruit in southeast Asia[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAustralia - Queensland.

HabitatGrows along creeks in lowland areas and in well developed upland and mountain rain forest at elevations up to 1,000 metres[ 713 Title Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/rfk/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An online resource giving botanical information, and a little bit about plant usage, for over 2,700 species of plants found in the Australian rainforest. ].