Gracinia griffithii T.Anderson, Fl. Brit. India 1: 266 (1874)
Species named after W.Griffith [1810-1845], an English medical officer who made many plant collections and wrote several botanical books which were mostly published after his death.Synonyms
Diagnostics
One of the few Garcinia's with clear secondary venation.
Description
Tree, 12-18 m tall. Leaves broadly elliptic, 22-40 cm x 10-20 cm. Flowers unisexual, yellowish but
petals reddish at base. Fruit a globose berry, 5-8 cm diameter, like a green apple, turning
brown-yellow.
Ecology
Common in lowland forests.
Uses
Fruits are acid but edible, usually cooked.
Distribution
Peninsular Thailand and Malaysia.
Local names
Peninsular Malaysia: apple-kandis, kandis gajah.
