Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Garcinia xanthochymus
Clusiaceae Lindl.
Garcinia xanthochymus Hook.f. ex T.Anderson , legitimate, scientific
Anderson, T. in Hooker, J.D. (January 1874), Guttiferae. The Flora of British India 1(2): 269 [tax. nov.]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
  • APC Dist.: Qld (naturalised)
Cooper, W.E. (17 December 2013), A taxonomic revision of Garcinia L. (Clusiaceae) in Australia, including four new species from tropical Queensland. Austrobaileya 9(1): 8-9, Map 6 [secondary reference]
common name: eggtree [n/a] common name: gamboge tree [n/a] common name: yellow mangosteen [n/a] common name: false mangosteen [n/a] common name: sour mangosteen [n/a]
  • Etymology: "The specific epithet is derived from the Greek xanthos (yellow) and chymos (sap); referring to the exudate."