Garcinia dulcis

For the garment, see Mundu. For the ethnic group in Sudan, see Mundu people.

Garcinia dulcis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Clusiaceae
Genus: Garcinia
Species:
G. dulcis
Binomial name
Garcinia dulcis
(Roxb.) Kurz

Garcinia dulcis is a tropical fruit tree native to the Philippines, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, eastern Indonesia (Sulawesi, Kalimantan, and the Maluku Islands), and Papua New Guinea. It was domesticated early and spread inland into mainland Asia.[1][2][3] It is commonly known as mundu or munu in Indonesia and Malaysia,[1] baniti or taklang-anak in the Philippines,[4][5][6] and maphuut or ma phut in Thailand.[5][7] In English, it is sometimes known as yellow mangosteen,[8] although that name is used for several other species as well.

The tree is harvested from the wild as a local source of food, medicine or dyeing material and is sometimes cultivated for its fruit, which is occasionally sold locally. Garcinia dulcis is not grown commercially.

  1. ^ a b Blench, Roger (2008). "A History of Fruits in the Southeast Asian Mainland". In Osada, Toshiki; Uesugi, Akinori (eds.). Occasional Paper 4: Linguistics, Archaeology and the Human Past. Indus Project, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature. pp. 115–137.
  2. ^ "Garcinia dulcis (Roxb.) Kurz", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2019-01-27
  3. ^ "Garcinia dulcis specimens". Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2015-02-06.
  4. ^ Schneider, Edwin Emil (1916). Commercial Woods of the Philippines: Their Preparation and Uses. Bureau of Printing. pp. 160–161.
  5. ^ a b "Garcinia dulcis (PROSEA)". Pl@ntUse. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Garcinia dulcis (Roxb.) Kurz". Globinmed. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference ferns was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ John, Oliver D.; Mouatt, Peter; Majzoub, Marwan E.; Thomas, Torsten; Panchal, Sunil K.; Brown, Lindsay (31 December 2019). "Physiological and Metabolic Effects of Yellow Mangosteen (Garcinia dulcis) Rind in Rats with Diet-Induced Metabolic Syndrome". International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21 (1): 272. doi:10.3390/ijms21010272. hdl:10072/412303.