| Family Name | GUTTIFERAE |
| Scientific name | Garcinia subelliptica |
| Common name | Common Garcinia |
| Growth habit | Garcinia originates in Philippines, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Japan and Taiwan as there are many waterfront forest in this places. |
| Leaf | - Simple leaves, opposite, ovate, ovate-oblong or oval, dilute round or lanceolate shaped long and 7-14 (-20) cm, W 3-6 (-7) cm, apex obtuse, roundor emarginate, base broadly cuneate to nearly round, entire, thick leathery. - - Deep green foliage, smooth, glossy, dorsal yellow green, new leaves red color - In the vein bulge in the dorsal, lateral veins 12-18 pairs, in the vein of bias, on both sides of the uplift, slender, obscurely, micro-vaulted to the edge of links stockwork. - Petiole is around 0.6-1.5 cm thick, coat, base adnate branches, fake ligule but without stipules. |
| Flower | - There are both five sepals and petals in a Garcinia and their shape are imbricate. - Male and female flowers are usually mixed together, clustered or single born deciduous axilla, sometimes female flowers into clustered like male flowers into the fake spike-like, about 10 cm. - - Petals obovate, as long as sepals 2 times, 0.8-1 cm long and 6-8 mm wide, creamy yellow - - Stamens together generate 5 beam 6-10 pieces per bundle, 2 mm beam stipe. - Ovary is spherical, outside edges, 3-5 rooms, each room have an ovule - Style is a very short, stigma peltate, and it is deeply lobed and no aneurysm sudden. |
| Fruit | - Flowering from May to July, fruit period from July to September |
| More to learn | - Its crown was the longitudinal oval or conical, dense foliage, upright posture, tree of strong, long-term old, large potted excellent landscaped tree or trees, saplings. |
| Properties | - The resin can be used as a yellow pigment - Seed kernel oil, available soap and machinery lubricants; |
| Treats | The root can be used as medicine, cool, astringent taste, the convergence effect of oral administration of decoction, to cure enteritis, dysentery embolism. |
| Reference | General information on Garcinia Gallery on Garcinia Plant Profile on Garcinia |