Garcinia intermedia

Garcinia intermedia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Clusiaceae
Genus: Garcinia
Species:
G. intermedia
Binomial name
Garcinia intermedia
Synonyms
  • Calophyllum edule Seem.
  • Rheedia edulis (Seem.) Planch. & Triana
  • Rheedia intermedia Pittier

Garcinia intermedia is a species of tropical American tree which produces edible fruit.[2] In English it is known as the lemon drop mangosteen (a name it shares with the closely related and similarly tasting Garcinia madruno) or sometimes monkey fruit. In Spanish it is called mameyito, though it is known as jorco in Costa Rica.[3] In the Philippines, it is known as berba. In Portuguese it is called achachairu. The name achachairu is also applied to Garcinia humilis, another species native to Bolivia with larger, round or egg-shaped fruit (see Achachairu). G. humilis has been commercialized in Australia under the name Achacha.

  1. ^ "Garcinia intermedia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-06-12.
  2. ^ "Garcinia intermedia - Useful Tropical Plants". tropical.theferns.info. Retrieved 2019-07-26.
  3. ^ "Mundo Forestal". Archived from the original on 2014-03-16. Retrieved 2015-06-10.