? Garcinia
fruit of the Mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Malpighiales Family: Clusiaceae Subfamily: Clusioideae Tribe: Garcinieae Genus: Garcinia L.
Species
Garcinia atroviridis Garcinia benthami Garcinia cambogia - citrin, gambooge Garcinia hanburyi - Hanbury's garcinia Garcinia hessii - lemon saptree Garcinia indica Garcinia kola - bitter kola Garcinia lateriflora Garcinia livingstonei - Livingstone's garcinia, imbe Garcinia mangostana - mangosteen Garcinia merguensis Garcinia multiflora Garcinia myrtifolia Garcinia portoricensis Garcinia schombucgkiana Garcinia xanthochymus

Garcinia is a plant genus of the family Clusiaceae native to Asia, Southern Africa and Polynesia. The genus, with about 50 species of evergreen trees and shrubs, is dioecious and several of its elements are apomictic. Tropical species in Garcinia are known for their brownish-yellow gum-resin (xanthone), used as pigments, as purgative or cathartic. Download high resolution version (726x727, 172 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Jump to: navigation, search Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Jump to: navigation, search Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Hepaticophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms or Magnoliophyta) are one of the major groups of modern plants, comprising those that produce seeds in specialized reproductive organs called flowers, where the ovulary or carpel is enclosed. ... Orders see text Dicotyledons or dicots are flowering plants whose seed contains two embryonic leaves or cotyledons. ... Families Family Achariaceae Family Balanopaceae Family Bonnetiaceae Family Caryocaraceae Family Chrysobalanaceae Family Clusiaceae Family Ctenolophonaceae Family Dichapetalaceae Family Elatinaceae Family Erythryloxaceae (coca family) Family Euphorbiaceae (spurge family) Family Euphroniaceae Family Goupiaceae Family Humiriaceae Family Hypericaceae (St Johns wort family) Family Irvingiaceae Family Ixonanthaceae Family Lacistemaceae Family Linaceae (flax family... Genera See text Clusiaceae is a family of plants including the over a thousand species of trees and shrubs, often with milky sap and fruits or capsules for seeds. ... Carolus Linnaeus ~Carl Linnaeus~, also known after his ennoblement as Carl von Linné (   listen?), and in English usually under the Latinized name Carolus Linnaeus (May 23, 1707 – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish botanist who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of taxonomy. ... Jump to: navigation, search In biology, the most commonly used definition of species was first coined by Ernst Mayr. ... Jump to: navigation, search Binomial name Garcinia gummi-gutta (L.) N.Robson Garcinia gummi-gutta (syn. ... Jump to: navigation, search Binomial name Garcinia mangostana L. The mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana) is a tropical evergreen tree, believed to have originated in the Sunda Islands and the Moluccas. ... Jump to: navigation, search Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Hepaticophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants... In biology, a genus (plural genera) is a grouping in the classification of living organisms having one or more related and morphologically similar species. ... Scientific classification or biological classification refers to how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Genera See text Clusiaceae is a family of plants including the over a thousand species of trees and shrubs, often with milky sap and fruits or capsules for seeds. ... Jump to: navigation, search World map showing Asia (geographically) Asia is the central and eastern part of Eurasia and worlds largest continent. ... Categories: Africa geography stubs | Southern Africa ... Polynesia is generally defined as the islands within the triangle Polynesia (from Greek, poly = many and nesos = island) is a large grouping of over 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean. ... A Silver Fir shoot showing three successive years of retained leaves In botany, an evergreen plant is a plant which retains its leaves year-round, with each leaf persisting for more than 12 months. ... Jump to: navigation, search The coniferous Coast Redwood, the tallest tree species on earth A tree can be defined as a large, perennial, woody plant. ... A willow shrub A shrub or bush is a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 6 m tall. ... In biology, Dioecious is an adjective which indicates the exisistence of separate sexes in a species of organisms. ... In botany, apomixis is biological reproduction without fertilization, meiosis or production of gametes, with the result that the seeds are genetically identical to the parent plant. ... The tropics are the geographic region of the Earth centered on the equator and limited in latitude by the two tropics: the Tropic of Cancer in the north and the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern hemisphere. ... Xanthone is a type of antioxidant found in many fruits and vegtables. ... In biology, pigment is any material resulting in color in plant or animal cells which is the result of selective absorption. ... A laxative is a preparation used for the purpose of encouraging defecation, or the elimination of feces. ... Catharsis is a sudden emotional breakdown or climax that constitutes overwhelming feelings of great pity, sorrow, laughter, or any extreme change in emotion that results in the renewal, restoration and revitalization for living. ...

Notable members include the mangosteen and the gambooge, which bears popular fruits in Southeast Asia. Jump to: navigation, search Binomial name Garcinia mangostana L. The mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana) is a tropical evergreen tree, believed to have originated in the Sunda Islands and the Moluccas. ... Binomial name Garcinia gummi-gutta (L.) N.Robson Garcinia gummi-gutta (syn. ... Location of Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is a subregion of Asia. ...

Medical uses

Fruit extracts from Garcinia kola have proven effective at stopping Ebola virus replication in laboratory tests. Jump to: navigation, search Species Ivory Coast ebolavirus Reston ebolavirus Sudan ebolavirus Zaire virus Ebola hemorrhagic fever (alternatively Ebola Haemorrhagic Fever, EHF, or just Ebola) is a very rare, but severe, mostly fatal infectious disease occurring in humans and other primates, caused by the Ebola virus. ...

Synonymy

The genus Garcinia is equally known under several other names:

• Brindonia Thouars
• Cambogia L.
• Clusianthemum Vieill.
• Mangostana Gaertn.
• Oxycarpus Lour.
• Pentaphalangium Warb.
• Rheedia L.
• Septogarcinia Kosterm.
• Tripetalum K.Schum.
• Tsimatimia Jum. & H.Perrier
• Verticillaria Ruiz & Pav.
• Xanthochymus Roxb.

Thouars is a commune of France, situated in the département of Deux-Sèvres in the region of Poitou-Charentes. ... Carolus Linnaeus ~Carl Linnaeus~, also known after his ennoblement as Carl von Linné (   listen?), and in English usually under the Latinized name Carolus Linnaeus (May 23, 1707 – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish botanist who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of taxonomy. ... Joseph Gaertner (1732-1791; in German Joseph Gärtner) was a German botanist. ... Carolus Linnaeus ~Carl Linnaeus~, also known after his ennoblement as Carl von Linné (   listen?), and in English usually under the Latinized name Carolus Linnaeus (May 23, 1707 – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish botanist who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of taxonomy. ... Nevado del Ruiz is a volcano located in Colombia. ... Jump to: navigation, search Engraving by Charles Turner Warren William Roxburgh (June 29, 1759 – April 10, 1815) was a Scottish physician and botanist. ...

External links

• Mangosteen Madness
• ITIS Report