Garcinia pseudoguttifera
Clusiaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Garcinia pseudoguttifera

Garcinia pseudoguttifera

Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Garcinia pseudoguttifera is a tree with a slender to spreading crown, growing from 4 - 25 metres tall[ 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 bole can be 30cm or more in diameter[ 490 Title Flora Vitiensis Nova Publication Author Smith. A.C. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden; Hawaii Year 1979 ISBN Description A comprehensive flora of Fiji, often showing plant uses. It can be downloaded from the Internet. , 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 plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a source of food, medicines, perfume and wood. Garcinia pseudoguttifera has a wide geographic range, the population is considered to be stable, it is not currently experiencing any major threats and no significant future threats have been identified. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2020)[ 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 - New Hebrides, Solomon Islands, Fiji, Tonga and Vanuatu.
HabitatDense or thin forest, sometimes in beach thickets, at elevations up to 1,150 metres[ 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. ].