Garcinia celebica


Garcinia celebica is an accepted name of a tree species in the family Clusiaceae. The Catalogue of Life lists no subspecies.

Vernacular names

A number of descriptions of this plant, notably in Indo-China by Pierre and others, relate to records under synonyms such as Garcinia benthamii and G. ferrea; the latter has been called rỏi mật in Vietnamese. The species name indicates an original description in the Celebes and it is found throughout Malesia, with local names including: Kalawet, Kandis, Kandis pulan, Manggis, Manggis hutan, Perda-perda and Sungkep.

Description

Based on the above, the species is a tropical forest main canopy tree some 25–30 m high in Vietnam, or up to 36 m tall and 0.93 m dbh in Indonesia; trunks and stems can exude white to yellow latex. The leaves are approximately 130 x 60 mm.
Flowers are yellowish, approximately 12 mm.
Fruits are ovoid up to 45 mm: with 5-10 segments.