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Garcinia mangostana

Tiamu (AT)

Mangosteen

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Mangosteen; German Mangostane

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Tiamu (AT)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE se.Asia - Malesia

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Not naturalised; S.Group - rare; Land, lowlands, gardens

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Food (Fruit 1+)

KEY FEATURES: Evergreen tree to 10m. LEAVES opposite, thick, leathery, oval to 25x10cm, dark green, many parallel lateral veins. FLOWERS terminal 1-2, 5cmØ, rose-pink to yellow; sepals and petals 4 each. FRUIT purple-black, smooth, depessed-globose, 8cmØ; 5-7 segments of edible white pulp (=aril) each with a seed.. NOTE: Tree to 10m; leaves oval leathery to 25x10cm. Flowers terminal 1-2; 5cmØ; petals 4 yellow to pink. Fruit smooth, purple-black, depressed-globose, 8cmØ, 5-8 segments of edible white pulp, each with a seed.

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea: Present
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
++	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	-

Northern Group: -
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
-	-	-	-	-	-

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Garcinia mangostana Linnaeus
TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); MAGNOLIOPSIDA (=Dicotyledones); DILLENIIDAE; Theales; CLUSIACEAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: fieldspecimen, Bertram garden, 2002, ID G.McC.

References:
p.587 Neal - In Gardens of Hawaii
p.494 Hortus 3rd
p.492 Royal Hort. Soc. Index of Garden Plants
p.457 Tropica
p.2/347 A.C.Smith - Flora Vitiensis Nova
p.75 Wilder - Flora of Rarotonga

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zupM04a, zD02

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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