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Useful Tropical Plants

Garcinia sopsopia

(Buch.-Ham.) Mabb.

Clusiaceae

+ Synonyms

Garcinia bobee-cowa Choisy

Garcinia paniculata Roxb. ex Wight

Garcinia rhumicowa Choisy

Oxycarpus sopsopia Buch.-Ham.

Stalagmitis boobicowa G.Don

Stalagmitis paniculata G.Don

Common Name:

Garcinia sopsopia
Drawing of the leaves and flowers
Photograph by: Wight, R., Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis, vol. 1: t. 112 (1846) [n.a.]
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General Information

Garcinia sopsopia is an evergreen tree with an oval, lax crown; it can grow around 10 - 20 metres tall.
The edible fruit is gathered from the wild for local use. The plant is sometimes cultivated as a rootstock for the mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana) and also occasionally as a fruit tree[
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Title
Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants
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Description
Terse details of a huge range of useful plants.
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Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

1807
Title
Garcinia sopsopia
Publication
[online] India Biodiversity Portal,Species Page :Garcinia sopsopia (Buch.-Ham.) Mabb.
Author
 
Website
https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/249789
Publisher
 
Year
2020
ISBN
 
Description
Accessed 28/04/2020

Range

E. Asia - Nepal, northeastern India, Bangladesh, Myanmar

Habitat

Evergreen forests; at elevations up to 915 metres[
1807
Title
Garcinia sopsopia
Publication
[online] India Biodiversity Portal,Species Page :Garcinia sopsopia (Buch.-Ham.) Mabb.
Author
 
Website
https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/249789
Publisher
 
Year
2020
ISBN
 
Description
Accessed 28/04/2020
].

Properties

Edibility Rating *  *  *
Other Uses Rating *  *
HabitEvergreen Tree
Height15.00 m
Cultivation StatusCultivated, Wild

Cultivation Details

Not known

Edible Uses

Fruit - raw[
317
Title
Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants
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Author
 
Website
http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336
Publisher
 
Year
0
ISBN
 
Description
Terse details of a huge range of useful plants.
]. Large and succulent[
317
Title
Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336
Publisher
 
Year
0
ISBN
 
Description
Terse details of a huge range of useful plants.
,
1807
Title
Garcinia sopsopia
Publication
[online] India Biodiversity Portal,Species Page :Garcinia sopsopia (Buch.-Ham.) Mabb.
Author
 
Website
https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/249789
Publisher
 
Year
2020
ISBN
 
Description
Accessed 28/04/2020
]. The fruit is a yellow, fleshy, globose berry, around 25 - 45mm x 20 - 35mm across, containing 3 - 5 large, oblong-reniform seeds that are covered with a juicy pulp with an agreeable odour[
1807
Title
Garcinia sopsopia
Publication
[online] India Biodiversity Portal,Species Page :Garcinia sopsopia (Buch.-Ham.) Mabb.
Author
 
Website
https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/249789
Publisher
 
Year
2020
ISBN
 
Description
Accessed 28/04/2020
].

Leaves[
1807
Title
Garcinia sopsopia
Publication
[online] India Biodiversity Portal,Species Page :Garcinia sopsopia (Buch.-Ham.) Mabb.
Author
 
Website
https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/249789
Publisher
 
Year
2020
ISBN
 
Description
Accessed 28/04/2020
].

Medicinal

None known

Other Uses

The plant is sometimes grown as a rootstock for the mangosteen (Garcinia mangostsna)[
317
Title
Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336
Publisher
 
Year
0
ISBN
 
Description
Terse details of a huge range of useful plants.
].

A thick, yellow, resinous latex is obtained from the bark, branches and fruit[1807. No uses are given.

The grayinsh-brown wood is moderately hard[
1807
Title
Garcinia sopsopia
Publication
[online] India Biodiversity Portal,Species Page :Garcinia sopsopia (Buch.-Ham.) Mabb.
Author
 
Website
https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/249789
Publisher
 
Year
2020
ISBN
 
Description
Accessed 28/04/2020
].

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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Title
Plants for a Future
Author
Ken Fern
Description
Notes from observations, tasting etc at Plants For A Future and on field trips.
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Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2024-12-05. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Garcinia+sopsopia>

Comments

Pat 11th March 2015 13:28
In my experience, the seeds are typically very rapid to germinate, often taking less than than a month.

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