Garcinia gardneriana

Species of fruit and plant

Garcinia gardneriana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Clusiaceae
Genus: Garcinia
Species:
G. gardneriana
Binomial name
Garcinia gardneriana
(Planch. & Triana) Zappi

Garcinia gardneriana, the bacupari, is an evergreen, dioecious species of the genus Garcinia. It is distributed throughout South America's Amazon Basin and produces fruit with edible arils.[1][2]

Synonyms

  • Rheedia gardneriana Planch. & Triana
  • Rheedia spruceana Engl.

References

  1. ^ Mangosteen Madness
  2. ^ Sweeney, Patrick. "Research: Asia: Mangosteen Madness". Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
  • Media related to Garcinia brasiliensis at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Garcinia gardneriana at Wikispecies
Taxon identifiers
Garcinia brasiliensis
Garcinia gardneriana


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