Cambogia gutta, Linn. Garcinia gutta, W. Pl.
Hebradendron cambogi- G. elliptica, Wall.
oides, Graham. G. pictoria, Roxb.
Aradal, . . . S. CAN. I Gokatoo, . . . SINGH. Punar pulit, . . „ Kana-goraka, . , „ The Gum-resin. Sanatosi, . . . . BUM I Rewa-chini, . . MAHE. Gota gamba, . . I Makki, . . . TAM.
A middling-sized tree of E. Bengal, Assam, Khassya, Ceylon, and S. India. In S. Canara, in the moist forests of the plains and ghats, up to 2000 feet elevation ; Ceylon, up to 2000 feet elevation ; also of E. Bengal and Assam. It is the true gamboge tree of commerce ; and the pigment which exudes from wounds in the trunk is largely collected and exported from Ceylon and Siam ; but little or no attention seems to be paid to it in British India. In the Madras Presidency, Colonel Beddome only met with the tree in S. Canara. It is closely allied to G. pictoria, which is the common species of the Madras Presidency, and scarcely distinguishable, except by the female flower.—Beddome, F. S. p. 86 ; Gamble.
Garcinia ovalifolia, Hooker.
Xanthochymins ovalifolius, .Roxb. Ella-gokatu, . . SINGH. I Kokati, TAM A tree of the Western Ghats.
Garcinia paniculata, Roxb., the Bubi-cowa of Sylhet, E. Himalaya, Khassya, and Chittagong.
Garcinia pedunculata, Roxb., Tikal, Tikur, HIND. A tree of Rungpur, Goalpara, and Sylhet ; its fruit weighs about 2 lbs. The fleshy part haa a sharp, pleasazit acid taste, and is used in curries sliced ; they keep for years, and might be useful in long voyages. Wood used for planks.— Roxb. ii. 625.
Garcinia Roxb. p. 629. Hebra dendron pictorinm, Christison. It yields ossara rewund, a gamboge at least equal to that of Siam or of Ceylon. This is a very common tree in all the western forests of the Peninsula, up to about 3500 feet elevation. It is closely allied to G. morella, but differs in the female flower.
The pigment is excellent, and quite equal to that of G. morella. The timber is used by the natives for various purposes.—Roxb.; Beddome.
Garcinia purpurea, Roxb., Bedd. G. Indica, Choisy. A tree of the Ca.nara and Konkan Ghats. The fruit has an agreeable acid flavour, and it is preserved in syrup. The seeds furnish a concrete oil, known as the kokum.
Garcinia speciosa, .117all., Pa-la-wa of the Bur mese, grows in Tenasserim and the Andamans. It is an evergreen tree, with thin greyish-black bark, Its wood is said to be used by the Andamanese for their bows.
Garcinia stipulata, T. And., the Sana - kadan of the Lepcha and Bhutan, up to 4000 feet. Its fruit is eaten. Its fruits and gum give a yellow gum, but it is not used.
Garcinia Travancorica, Bedd., Malam pongu, TAIL, of Tinnevelly. This is a very beautiful, middling-sized tree ; flowers and fruits in August. The tree is confined to the southern portions of the Travancore and Tinnevelly ghat forests (3000 to 4500 feet elevation), but is most abundant in localities where it grows (Muti-kuli vayal, Travan core, Calcad Hills, Tinnevelly). Every portion of the tree yields abundance of a bright yellow ,1 gamboge, which has not yet been examined. It is a highly ornamental tree, and seed has been transmitted to the Ceylon and Bangalore Botanical Gardens.—Beddome, Fl. Sylv. part xv. p. 173.
Garcinia Wightii, T. And., a tree of S. India. Its gamboge is very soluble, and yields a good pigment.
Garcinia xanthochymus, Hook. f, X. pictorius.
Tepor, . . . . AssAir. Iswara-mamadi, . . TEL. Ma-taui . . . l3uan. Pamalamu ; Chitaka, „ Dampel, . . . HIND. Mraku Ma01110., . . PHEKIAL.
This is the gourka tree; it yields a large quantity of indifferent gamboge.