Clusiaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Garcinia sessilis

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Garcinia sessilis is an evergreen tree growing from 4 - 20 metres tall. The bole can be up to 30cm in diameter[ 689 Title Journal of the Arnold Arboretum Vol. 55 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Harvard University. Year 1974 ISBN Description Various articles on plants, including a revision of the genus Acronychia. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use of its edible fruit, as a medicine and as a source of materials. It is sometimes cultivated for its fruit in the Samoan islands[ 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. ] and is also grown as an ornamental, being regarded as a sacred and royal tree in Tonga[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ]. Garcinia sessilia is not considered to be under immediate threat, and is also extensively cultivated on some Pacific Islands. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2019)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangePacific - Solomon Islands, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga.

HabitatFound in both wet and dry forests[ 311 Title Medicinal Plants in the South Pacific Publication Author Publisher WHO Regional Publications, Manilla. Year 1998 ISBN 92-9061-118-9 Description Excellent guide to 102 medicinal herbs of the Pacific Islands, with photographs of each plant and details of their constituents, biological activities and traditional uses. A description of each plant, together with habitat and distribution is given. ]. Dense or dry forest, open thickets, and on the inland edges of mangrove swamps; at elevations from sea level to 1,150 metres[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. , 689 Title Journal of the Arnold Arboretum Vol. 55 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Harvard University. Year 1974 ISBN Description Various articles on plants, including a revision of the genus Acronychia. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].