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==Common names== |
==Common names== |
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*[[English language|English]]: ''gamboge'' ([[Sri Lanka]]), ''gamboge'' ([[India]]) |
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*[[Tamil language|Tamil]]: ''iravasinni'' (இரேவற்சின்னி), ''makki'' |
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*[[Malayalam language|Malayalam]]: ''iravi'', ''chigiri'' |
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*[[Kannada language|Kannada]]: ''ardala'', ''devana huli'', ''jirigehuli'', ''murina huli'', ''ponpuli'' |
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*[[Sinhalese language|Sinhalese]]: ''gokatiya'', ''kokatiya'' |
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*English: Sri Lanka gamboge, Indian gamboge |
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*[[Visayan languages]] ([[Philippines]]): ''batuan'' |
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*Sinhala: Gokatiya, Kokatiya. |
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*Philippines: Batuan |
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==Description== |
==Description== |
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Garcinia gaudichaudii , Mangostana morella Gaertn. , Garcinia elliptica Wall. , Garcinia guttaWt.[1] | |
Garcinia morella is a species of tree in the Clusiaceae family found in India and Sri Lanka.
Common names
- English: gamboge (Sri Lanka), gamboge (India)
- Tamil: iravasinni (இரேவற்சின்னி), makki
- Malayalam: iravi, chigiri
- Kannada: ardala, devana huli, jirigehuli, murina huli, ponpuli
- Sinhalese: gokatiya, kokatiya
- Visayan languages (Philippines): batuan
Description
Trees are up to 12 m tall. Bark is smooth, and dark brown in color; blaze white.
Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; petiole 0.6-1.5 cm long, canaliculate, sheathing at base, glabrous; lamina 6.5-15 x 3.5-8 cm, usually elliptic, sometimes narrow obovate, apex acute to acuminate, base attenuate; coriaceous or subcoriaceous, glabrous; secondary_nerves 6-8 pairs; tertiary_nerves obscure.
Flowers show inflorescence and are dioecious; male flowers in fascicles, axillary; female flowers larger than male, solitary, axillary.
Chemistry
The xanthonoids gaudichaudione A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, gaudichaudiic acid A, B, C, D, E, morellic acid and forbesione from G. gaudichaudii.[2]
References
- ^ Garcinia morella on www.globinmed.com
- ^ Novel cytotoxic polyprenylated xanthonoids from Garcinia gaudichaudii (Guttiferae). Shu-Geng Cao, Valerie H. L. Sng, Xiao-Hua Wu, a, Keng-Yeow Sim, B. H. K. Tan, J. T. Pereira and S. H. Goh, Tetrahedron, Volume 54, Issue 36, 3 September 1998, Pages 10915-10924, doi:10.1016/S0040-4020(98)00644-9
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