Category: G

Garcinia indica (Thouars) Choisy (GUTTIFERAE) Common namesEnglish: Mangoseteen, Red mango, Kokam butter tree.Kannada: Murgal Punarpuli. Description: Tree, up to 15 m tall with conical crown; usually buttressed at base; bark light brown, very thin, smooth; branchlets often drooping. Leaves lanceolate or obovate – oblong, 6.5 -11×1.5 – 5 cm, contracted into petiole at base, acute…

Garcinia gummigutta (L.) N. Robson (GUTTIFERAE) Common namesEnglish: Malabar Camboge.Kannada: Manthu huli, Uppagi mara.Malayalam: Kodapuli, Gorakkapuli. Description: Trees, up to 20 m tall with round canopy; bark grey or dark brown, rugose, exudes yellow gum; branchlets horizontal or drooping. Leaves Trees, up to 20 m tall with round canopy; bark grey or dark brown, rugose,…