Taxon:  Garcinia livingstonei T. Anderson



Summary
Genus:
Garcinia
Family:
Clusiaceae (alt. Guttiferae)
Nomen number:
71009
Place of publication:
J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 9:263.  1867
Verified:
05/30/2018 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
11 (2  active, 2  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. African plant database. Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques Ville de Geneve. Note: described as a tree for South Africa, while a shrub or tree for other tropical African countries
  2. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  3. Burkill, H. M. 1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
  4. Cooper, W. E. 2013. A taxonomic revision of Garcinia L. (Clusiaceae) in Australia, including four new species from tropical Queensland. Austrobaileya 9:1-29.
  5. Dyer, R. A. et al., eds. 1963-. Flora of southern Africa.
  6. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
  7. Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
  8. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
  9. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
  10. Magness, J. R. et al. 1971. Food and feed crops of the United States. IR Bull. 1
  11. Maheshwari, J. K. 1965. Taxonomic studies on Indian Guttiferae. III. The genus Garcinia Linn. s.l. Bull. Bot. Surv. India 6:116.
  12. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
  13. Merxmüller, H., ed. 1966-1972. Prodromus einer flora von Sudwestafrika.
  14. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  15. Sweeney, P. 2011. Review of Clusiaceae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm. via e-mail on 30 Mar.
  16. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishAfrican mangosteen  1Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
Englishimbé  1Magness, J. R. et al. 1971. Food and feed crops of the United States. IR Bull. 1
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSomalia  Cooper, W. E. 2013. A taxonomic revision of Garcinia L. (Clusiaceae) in Australia, including four new species from tropical Queensland. Austrobaileya 9:1-29.
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  Cooper, W. E. 2013. A taxonomic revision of Garcinia L. (Clusiaceae) in Australia, including four new species from tropical Queensland. Austrobaileya 9:1-29.
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaBotswana  Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaEswatini  African plant database. Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques Ville de Geneve. Note: described as a tree for South Africa, while a shrub or tree for other tropical African countries
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaNamibia  African plant database. Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques Ville de Geneve. Note: described as a tree for South Africa, while a shrub or tree for other tropical African countries
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaKwaZulu-Natal African plant database. Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques Ville de Geneve. Note: described as a tree for South Africa, while a shrub or tree for other tropical African countries
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaTransvaal African plant database. Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques Ville de Geneve. Note: described as a tree for South Africa, while a shrub or tree for other tropical African countries
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaCôte D'Ivoire  Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGhana  Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGuinea  Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMali  Cooper, W. E. 2013. A taxonomic revision of Garcinia L. (Clusiaceae) in Australia, including four new species from tropical Queensland. Austrobaileya 9:1-29.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  Cooper, W. E. 2013. A taxonomic revision of Garcinia L. (Clusiaceae) in Australia, including four new species from tropical Queensland. Austrobaileya 9:1-29.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaTogo  Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  Cooper, W. E. 2013. A taxonomic revision of Garcinia L. (Clusiaceae) in Australia, including four new species from tropical Queensland. Austrobaileya 9:1-29.
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanComoros  Sweeney, P. 2011. Review of Clusiaceae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm. via e-mail on 30 Mar.
2CultivatedAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueenslandpossible naturalizationCooper, W. E. 2013. A taxonomic revision of Garcinia L. (Clusiaceae) in Australia, including four new species from tropical Queensland. Austrobaileya 9:1-29.
Native
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Somalia
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Nigeria, Togo
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal]
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Comoros
Cultivated
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [Queensland (possible naturalization)]

Reference(s)
  1. African plant database. Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques Ville de Geneve. Note: described as a tree for South Africa, while a shrub or tree for other tropical African countries
  2. Cooper, W. E. 2013. A taxonomic revision of Garcinia L. (Clusiaceae) in Australia, including four new species from tropical Queensland. Austrobaileya 9:1-29.
  3. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
  4. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
  5. Sweeney, P. 2011. Review of Clusiaceae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm. via e-mail on 30 Mar.
  6. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodfruit Burkill, H. M. 1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
Human foodfruitlocally used in MozambiqueMagness, J. R. et al. 1971. Food and feed crops of the United States. IR Bull. 1
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=71009. Accessed 12 May 2026.