Garcinia

Key to the Garcinia species of the Western Ghats :
Vegetative morphological characters among the Garcinia species of the Western Ghats were evaluated systematically to construct an identification key, which will be a valuable tool for identification of the Western Ghats species in the field.
1a Fruit surface smooth ….2
2a. Fruit less than 3 cm in diam. ……3
3a Fruit with 2 loculed ovary, rarely one …..4
4a Leaf linear-oblong with distinct closely arranged parallel veins ……G. travancorica
4b L eaf oblanceolate indistinct veins …..G. imberti
3b Fruit with more than 2 loculed ovary …5
5a Leaves linear-lanceolate, fruit size of a small cherry, with pinkish tinge …. G. wightii
5b Leaves elliptic, fruit globose or subglobose red ……G. morella
2b Fruit more than 3 cm in diam. ….6
6a Stem cut showing white exudation, fruit with stalk, yellowish green in colour …….G. talbotii
6b Stem cut showing yellow exudation, fruit without stalk, red or dark purple in colour ….…G. indica
1b Fruit surface rough ……….7
7a Fruit grooved ……8
8a Leaf ligule absent, fruit with 3-5 grooves, fruit conical …… G. gummi-gutta var. conicarpa
8b Leaf ligule present, fruit with more than 6 grooves, fruit ovoid-oblong or globose …….9
9a Fruit with 6-8 grooves, fruit ovoid-oblong with elongated beak ….G.gummi-gutta var. papilla
9b Fruit with 6-10 grooves, fruit, globose …G. gummi-gutta var. gummi-gutta
7b Fruit warty or echinate ….10
10a Leaves larger than 20 cm, thick coriaceous, indistinct veins, fruit warty, ca. 750 gm ……G. pushpangadaniana
10b Leaves less than 20 cm, coriaceous, distinct closely parallel veins, fruit with echines, ca. 100 gm …..G. rubro-echinata

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