Plant Details

Accepted name:: Garcinia cowa Roxb. ex Choisy [Clusiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
cowa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cowa mangosteen	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cowa-mangosteen	Other	Med. Pl. used by Deb Barma Clan in Bangladesh (Kabir et al., 2014)
dvipaja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dvipakharjuri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kandis	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kaphal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kau fol	Other	Med. Pl. used by Deb Barma Clan in Bangladesh (Kabir et al., 2014)
kowaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kujithekera	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
muang som	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
paaraavata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
paravata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tai chua	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yun shu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
黄心果	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruit, latex, resin, bark		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 11 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cambogia crassifolia Blanco Fl. Filip., ed. 2.: 304 (1845).
Garcinia cambogia Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 2: 621 (1832), nom. illeg.
Garcinia cornea Roxb. ex Sm. in A.Rees, Cycl. 15: n.° 5 (1810).
Garcinia dioica Sm. in A.Rees, Cycl. 15: n.° 5 (1810), nom. illeg.
Garcinia roxburghii Wight Ill. Ind. Bot. 1: 125 (1840).
Garcinia umbellifera Wall. Numer. List: n.° 4864 (1831), not validly publ.
Garcinia wallichii Choisy Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 12: 417 (1851).
Oxycarpus gangetica Buch.-Ham. Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 5: 344 (1826).
Stalagmitis cowa (Roxb. ex Choisy) G.Don Gen. Hist. 1: 621 (1831).
Stalagmitis kydiana G.Don Gen. Hist. 1: 621 (1831).
Stalagmitis umbellata G.Don Gen. Hist. 1: 621 (1831).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Garcinia cowa Roxb.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. used by Deb Barma Clan in Bangladesh (Kabir et al., 2014) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Garcinia cowa Roxb. Ex Choisy	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Garcinia cowa Roxb. ex Choisy	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Garcinia cowa Roxb. ex DC.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Garcinia cowa Roxburgh	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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