Vasilis Teodoridis:
Clusiaceae | Garcinia
13. Garcinia oblongifolia Champion ex Bentham; Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 3: 311. 1851.
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Trees or shrubs; 5-15 m tall; to 30 cm in diam. Bark dark gray. Branchlets usually with interrupted rings. Petiole ca. 1 cm; leaf blade oblong; obovate-oblong to oblanceolate; 5-10 x 2-3.5 cm; subleathery; midvein slightly raised adaxially; secondary veins 10-18 pairs; tertiary veins reticulate; base cuneate; margin reflexed; apex acute or obtuse. Plant dioecious; flowers solitary or in an umbel-like cyme; pedicels 3-7 mm. Male flowers: sepals suborbicular; equal; 3-5 mm; petals orange or yellowish; obovate-oblong; 7-9 mm; stamen fascicles not evident; anthers aggregated into a head; 2-celled; cells longitudinally dehiscent; pistillode absent. Female flowers: sepals and petals similar to those of males; staminode fascicles free; shorter than pistil; ovary ovoid; 8-10-loculed; style absent; stigma peltate; convex; radiately 8-10-lobed; papillate. Fruit ovoid or globose; 2-4 x 2-3.5 cm; subtended by persistent sepals at base and crowned by convex stigma. Seeds 1. Fl. Apr-May; fr. Oct-Dec.
? Dense or sparse forests on plains; hills; or in valleys; 200-400 (-1200) m. Guangdong; Guangxi; Hainan.
The fruit is edible. The seeds yield ca. 60% oil (seed pulp up to 70% oil). The oil is used as a lubricant and for manufacturing soap. The timber is used for making furniture and woodcuts. The bark contains 3%-8% tannin.
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Clusiaceae | Garcinia
13. Garcinia oblongifolia Champion ex Bentham; Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 3: 311. 1851.
????? ling nan shan zhu zi
Trees or shrubs; 5-15 m tall; to 30 cm in diam. Bark dark gray. Branchlets usually with interrupted rings. Petiole ca. 1 cm; leaf blade oblong; obovate-oblong to oblanceolate; 5-10 x 2-3.5 cm; subleathery; midvein slightly raised adaxially; secondary veins 10-18 pairs; tertiary veins reticulate; base cuneate; margin reflexed; apex acute or obtuse. Plant dioecious; flowers solitary or in an umbel-like cyme; pedicels 3-7 mm. Male flowers: sepals suborbicular; equal; 3-5 mm; petals orange or yellowish; obovate-oblong; 7-9 mm; stamen fascicles not evident; anthers aggregated into a head; 2-celled; cells longitudinally dehiscent; pistillode absent. Female flowers: sepals and petals similar to those of males; staminode fascicles free; shorter than pistil; ovary ovoid; 8-10-loculed; style absent; stigma peltate; convex; radiately 8-10-lobed; papillate. Fruit ovoid or globose; 2-4 x 2-3.5 cm; subtended by persistent sepals at base and crowned by convex stigma. Seeds 1. Fl. Apr-May; fr. Oct-Dec.
? Dense or sparse forests on plains; hills; or in valleys; 200-400 (-1200) m. Guangdong; Guangxi; Hainan.
The fruit is edible. The seeds yield ca. 60% oil (seed pulp up to 70% oil). The oil is used as a lubricant and for manufacturing soap. The timber is used for making furniture and woodcuts. The bark contains 3%-8% tannin.