Plant Details

Accepted name:

Garcinia indica (Thouars) Choisy [Clusiaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist: unpublished records ( )

Information about this plant:

Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aamkola	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amasole gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amasolu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amlabija	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amlapura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amlashaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amlavetasa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amlavriksha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amlavrikshaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amsol	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amsole	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
atyamala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bherunda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhinda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhiran	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhirand	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bijamla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cambogie	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
chirand	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chudamala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chukra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chukramla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chukraphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
da tri ga (p)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
da tri gi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
devana huli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhoopada mara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhupadamara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gao butter tree	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
garcinia indica	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
goa butter	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
goa-butter	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
katambi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kethae huli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kokam	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kokam-ka-tel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kokambi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kokum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kokum butter	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kokum butter tree	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
kokum mara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kokum thaila	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kokumbrindeo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mugal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
murgal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
murgal-mara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
murgala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
murghuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
murgina huli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
murgina hulimara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
murginahuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
murginahuli-mara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
murinahuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
murugalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
murukal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
muruvana huli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
muruvina	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
phalamlah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
phalamlaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pinampuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
powdered garcinia hydroxycitrate extract	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013)
punampuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
punarapuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
punarpuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
puramla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raktachudah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raktapuraka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rasamla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ratamba	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ratambi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
red mango	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
sakamlah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shalamla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shreshthamla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
solina gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tintidika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tittidiphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vishambil	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vrikshamla	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vrksamla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vrksamlah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vruksamlah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruit	dried pericarp of the fruits	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
Fruit		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Fruit (Fruit, Peel)		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
fruit	powdered extract	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Garcinia purpurea (G.Don) Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 2: 624 (1832).
Brindonia celebica Thouars in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 5: 341 (1806).
Brindonia indica Thouars in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 5: 340 (1806).
Brindonia oxycarpa Thouars Hist. Vég. îles France, ed. 2: t. 27 (1805).
Garcinia celebica (Thouars) Desr. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 3: 700 (1792), nom. illeg.
Oxycarpus indica (Thouars) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 4: 257 (1816).
Stalagmitis indica (Thouars) G.Don Gen. Hist. 1: 621 (1831).
Stalagmitis purpurea G.Don Gen. Hist. 1: 621 (1831).
Xanthochymus purpureus Lodd. ex G.Don in J.C.Loudon, Hort. Brit.: 320 (1830), not validly publ.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Garcinia indica	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013)
Garcinia indica (Dup.) Choisy	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2015)
Garcinia indica (Thou.) Choisy	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015)
Garcinia indica (Thouars) Choisy	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Garcinia indica Choisy	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Garcinia purpurea	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015)
Garcinia purpurea G.Don	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Garcinia purpurea Roxb.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015)

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