Garcinia bancana
Miq.
Clusiaceae
Garcinia cymulosa Miq.
Garcinia hookeri Pierre
Garcinia lamponga Miq.
Garcinia leucandra Pierre
Garcinia oxyedra Miq.
Garcinia oxyphylla Miq.
Stalagmitis lamponga Miq.
Common Name:
General Information
Garcinia bancana is an evergreen tree, growing up to 37 metres tall with a bole around 57 cm in diameter[
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- Trees of Sungai Wain
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- An excellent site with factsheets on almost 1,000 species of forest trees growing at Sungai Wain in Indonesia. Each factsheet has good quality pictures plus basic information on the ecology and uses of the plants.
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The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of timber.
Known Hazards
None known
Botanical References
Range
Southeast Asia - Malaysia, Indonesia.
Habitat
A mid-canopy tree in undisturbed swamp, keranga, mixed dipterocarp and sub-montane forests, at elevations up to 1,000 metres[
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- http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/Sungaiwain/
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- An excellent site with factsheets on almost 1,000 species of forest trees growing at Sungai Wain in Indonesia. Each factsheet has good quality pictures plus basic information on the ecology and uses of the plants.
]. In secondary forests usually present as a pre-disturbance remnant tree[
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- Trees of Sungai Wain
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- http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/Sungaiwain/
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- An excellent site with factsheets on almost 1,000 species of forest trees growing at Sungai Wain in Indonesia. Each factsheet has good quality pictures plus basic information on the ecology and uses of the plants.
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Properties
| Edibility Rating |  |
| Other Uses Rating |  |
| Habit | Tree |
| Height | 30.00 m |
| Cultivation Status | Wild |
Cultivation Details
Found mostly on alluvial sites with sandy soils in the wild[
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- Trees of Sungai Wain
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- http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/Sungaiwain/
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- An excellent site with factsheets on almost 1,000 species of forest trees growing at Sungai Wain in Indonesia. Each factsheet has good quality pictures plus basic information on the ecology and uses of the plants.
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Edible Uses
Fruit[
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- Dictionary of Economic Plants.
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- Uphof. J. C. Th.
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- Weinheim
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- 1959
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- An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.
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- Trees of Sungai Wain
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- http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/Sungaiwain/
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- An excellent site with factsheets on almost 1,000 species of forest trees growing at Sungai Wain in Indonesia. Each factsheet has good quality pictures plus basic information on the ecology and uses of the plants.
]. The green to yellow to pink to purple, fleshy berries are around 26mm in diameter[
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- Trees of Sungai Wain
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- http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/Sungaiwain/
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- An excellent site with factsheets on almost 1,000 species of forest trees growing at Sungai Wain in Indonesia. Each factsheet has good quality pictures plus basic information on the ecology and uses of the plants.
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Medicinal
None known
Other Uses
Wood is locally used[
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- Trees of Sungai Wain
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- http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/Sungaiwain/
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- An excellent site with factsheets on almost 1,000 species of forest trees growing at Sungai Wain in Indonesia. Each factsheet has good quality pictures plus basic information on the ecology and uses of the plants.
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Propagation
Seed - we have no specific information on this species, but the seed of most members of the genus can be slow to germinate, even if sown fresh, often taking 6 months or more[
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- Plants for a Future
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- Ken Fern
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- Notes from observations, tasting etc at Plants For A Future and on field trips.
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Useful Tropical Plants Database 2014 by
Ken Fern,
web interface by
Ajna Fern
with help from
Richard Morris.
