Garcinia intermedia (Pittier) Hammel (Clusiaceae)

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Masís, A., Espinoza, R., Chavarría, F., Guadamuz, A. and Perez, D., 1998. Garcinia intermedia (Clusiaceae) Species Page, May 20, 1998. Species Home Pages, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica. http://www.acguanacaste.ac.cr

Tree up to 7 m tall.

Flower:

Fruit:

Immature fruit is green. Mature fruit is orange with a diameter of approximately 1.5 cm and a length of 1.8 cm long. They have a bitter taste.

View of the fruits on the tree
Immature fruit	Mature fruit
Cross section of the fruit showing latex	Cross section of the mature fruit
Immature seeds	Mature seeds
Mature seeds

Leaves:

Simple opposite with an entire margin. Lanceolate form. Approximately 5-10 cm long. Dark green on the upper surface and light green on the under surface. The petiole is flat on the top side and is 0.8 -1 cm.

Under surface	Upper surface
Under surface in detail	Upper surface in detail
Apex	Leaf arrangement

Bark and wood:

External and internal bark

Whole plant architecture:

Adult tree

Similar species:

Garcinia mangostana, commonly known as mangostan is an introduced and cultivated species.

Verification:

II.Geographic distribution:

International:

In Costa Rica

In the Area de Conservación Guanacaste:

Map of macro-habitats of the ACG

III. Natural History:

IV. How to find:

In the El Hacha sector, on the trails of the Los Almendros station near the Piedras river.

Acknowledgements.

This project was carried out by the Area de Conservación Guanacaste/CR, with help from INBio/CR, ICBG from the Foggarty center, NIH/USA and NSF/USA.

Thanks to Kate Beattie and Alexandra Kern for helping with the image management and the translation of this species page.

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