Taxon:
Garcinia mangostana L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:443. 1753
Verified:
08/22/2008
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
king's-fruit – mangostan – mangosteen – French
mangoustanier – German
Mangostanbaum – Mangostane – Malay
manggis – Portuguese
mangostão – Spanish
mangostán – Swedish
mangostan – Transcribed Chinese
mang ji shi –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | native? |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | widely cult. in tropics |
Native
Asia-Tropical
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MALESIA:
Malaysia (native?)
Cultivated
(widely cult. in tropics)
Economic Uses
Human food
Medicines
folklore (fide Herbs Commerce ed2) –