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Garcinia livingstonei
Garcinia livingstonei
Garcinia livingstonei

Wikipedia description

Garcinia livingstonei (African mangosteen, lowveld mangosteen, Livingstone's garcinia or imbe) is a species of Garcinia, native to a broad area of tropical Africa, from Côte d'Ivoire east to Somalia, and south to South Africa.

It is an evergreen small tree, growing to 6–18 m tall. The leaves are borne in opposite pairs or whorls of 3–4, each leaf blue-green, oval, 6–11 cm long and 3–5.5 cm broad. The flowers are produced in clusters on the stems. The fruit is a small, bright, orange, thin-skinned berry 1–4 cm diameter, with one single large seed; the small yield of edible fruit is pleasantly sweet, yet acidic, but also containing a latex that some people find unpleasant.

Scientific classification

Clade: Core Eudicots/Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Clusiaceae
Species: Garcinia livingstonei

Samples

Sample nameSample codeTissueRNA extractorSample providerBLASTSRA dataAssembly data
OSIP-Garcinia_livingstoneiOSIPleavesBGIM. Chase