Plant Details

Accepted name:: Garcinia mangostana L. [Clusiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Garcinia mangostana var. borneensis Nazre

Garcinia mangostana var. malaccensis (Hook.f.) Nazre

Garcinia mangostana var. mangostana

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bana	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
buah manggis	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
dodol	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
gamus	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
garciniae mangostanae pericarpium	Pharmaceutical	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn (sup. 1) (DKRI, 2010) Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn (DKRI, 2017)
guǒ hòu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
king's-fruit	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kulit buah manggis	Other	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn (sup. 1) (DKRI, 2010) Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn (DKRI, 2017)
mang ji shi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mang khut	Other	Pl. Used in Phatthalung Province, Thailand (Maneenoon et al., 2015)
mangastin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
manggis	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mangostan	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mangostanbaum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mangostane	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mangosteen	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) Philippine Herbal Med. (Alvarez, 2005-2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
mangosteen hannu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mangosteenmangosteen fruit tree	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mangostán	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mangostão	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mangoustan	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
mangoustanier	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
mangus	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
mangusta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
mangustaan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
mangusthan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mankustan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
masta	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mengostin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mengustan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mesta	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mingut	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
ple semeta	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
shulampuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shān zhú	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sikop	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sula puli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sulambuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
the mangosteen	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
මැංගුස්	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
山竹	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
果后	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Bark, Leaves, Roots		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
leaves, pericarp, fruit peel, rind of fruit, root		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Bark, fruit		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
fruit, pericarp, leaves		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
skin of the fruit		Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn (DKRI, 2017)
fruit		Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
bark, sap		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Mangostana garcinia Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 105 (1790).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Garcinia mangostana	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Garcinia mangostana L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn (sup. 1) (DKRI, 2010) Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn (DKRI, 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) Philippine Herbal Med. (Alvarez, 2005-2022) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Used in Phatthalung Province, Thailand (Maneenoon et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Garcinia mangostana Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Garcinia x mangostana L.	Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017)
Garcinia × mangostana L.	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)

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