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! colspan="2" style="background: #e8e8e8;" | Garcinia pseudoguttifera
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| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | [[File:Garcinia pseudoguttifera.jpg|250px|Garcinia pseudoguttifera young growth at 'Ene'io botanical garden, Vava'u, Tonga]]
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! Scientific name
| ''Garcinia pseudoguttifera''
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! Genus
| [[Garcinia]]
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! Family
| [[Clusiaceae]]
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! Order
| [[Malpighiales]]
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'''Garcinia pseudoguttifera''' is a Pacific Garcinia tree in the family Clusiaceae. It is accepted as a species in the GBIF taxonomic backbone, where the species record places it in Clusiaceae and gives the nomenclatural publication as ''Flora Vitiensis'' (1871).[[#cite_note-1|[1]]] The species is recorded from Pacific islands including the New Hebrides, Solomon Islands, Fiji, Tonga and Vanuatu.[[#cite_note-2|[2]]]

== Description ==

The tree is described as 4–25 m tall, with a slender to spreading crown and a bole reaching 30 cm or more in diameter.[[#cite_note-2|[2]]] It occurs in dense or thin forest and in beach thicket, from lowland sites to about 1,150 m elevation.[[#cite_note-2|[2]]] The fruit is described as green and ovoid to obovoid.[[#cite_note-2|[2]]]

== Cultivation ==

=== Soil and water ===

Native records place the species in both forest and beach thicket.[[#cite_note-2|[2]]] As a Garcinia, it is reasonable to begin with a deep, organic soil that retains moisture while draining freely, and to avoid drought; this is a genus-level inference from cultivation guidance for ''G. mangostana'', not a tested soil or irrigation prescription for ''G. pseudoguttifera''.[[#cite_note-3|[3]]]

=== Sun and humidity ===

The species is recorded from dense and thin forest as well as coastal thicket, spanning shaded and more open settings.[[#cite_note-2|[2]]] A cautious Garcinia-level starting point is full sun to light shade in a position sheltered from strong wind and salt spray, following the examined ''G. mangostana'' cultivation account; this congener-based inference does not set a species-specific light or atmospheric-humidity limit.[[#cite_note-3|[3]]]

=== Seasonal changes ===

Flowering and fruiting are recorded throughout the year in the native range.[[#cite_note-2|[2]]] In warm cultivation, treat it as a plant to monitor across the year rather than assigning it a single fixed harvest season; this timing translation is an inference from the recorded native pattern, not a controlled cultivation schedule.[[#cite_note-2|[2]]]

== Propagation ==

Seed propagation is recorded for the species. The same account cautions that many Garcinia seeds germinate slowly, often taking six months or more; that timing is explicitly genus-level guidance and should not be treated as a measured germination time for ''G. pseudoguttifera''.[[#cite_note-2|[2]]]

== Flowering, fruiting, and harvest ==

''Garcinia pseudoguttifera'' is described as dioecious. Male and female plants are usually needed when fruit and seed are the objective, so a multi-plant planting is the cautious choice where space permits.[[#cite_note-2|[2]]] Flowering and fruiting are recorded year-round in the native range, and the fruit is described as green and ovoid to obovoid.[[#cite_note-2|[2]]]

== Fruit and uses ==

The fruit is recorded as edible, and local uses include food, perfume and wood.[[#cite_note-2|[2]]]

== References ==

* [[#cite_ref-1|↑]] '''[1]''' [https://api.gbif.org/v1/species/3713084 Garcinia pseudoguttifera | GBIF species record].

* [[#cite_ref-2|↑]] '''[2]''' [https://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Garcinia+pseudoguttifera Garcinia pseudoguttifera | Useful Tropical Plants].

* [[#cite_ref-3|↑]] '''[3]''' [https://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Garcinia+mangostana Garcinia mangostana | Useful Tropical Plants].

== Image credits ==

* ''Garcinia pseudoguttifera.jpg'' — young growth at 'Ene'io botanical garden, Vava'u, Tonga. Creator: Tau'olunga. License: CC BY-SA 3.0 (the file also retains legacy GFDL and earlier CC BY-SA tags). [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Garcinia_pseudoguttifera.jpg File page]. Attribution: Tau'olunga; CC BY-SA 3.0; link to the file page and license, and indicate changes.

[[Category:Garcinia]]
[[Category:Clusiaceae]]

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