A fruiting tree from the hill top

[raghu ananth]

A fruiting tree found on top of the Gamayana gudda (Hill),  Uttara Kannada.   Deer climb up the hill in search of this fruit.   Local  Name  (Kannada): Hanale Kai, Gamayana gudda, Western ghats, 25 June 2009   PS: I could not get the scientific name from the internet. Its a well-known fruit among locals.   Regards Raghu

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[Dinesh Valke]

... absolutely wild guess ... some Diospyros species ?

Regards.

[J.M. Garg]

Forwarding again for Id assistance pl.

Earlier feedback from Dinesh ji:

"... absolutely wild guess ... some Diospyros species ?"

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[Pardeshi S.]

Just a guess
may be a Garcinia fruit

regards
Satish Pardeshi

[Rani Bhagat]

I think it is Garcinia cambogia?

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[J.M. Garg]

Thanks, Satish ji & Rani ji.

Collected some interesting inf. on Garcinia cambogia as below, which may be of help in final Id.

Garcinia gummi-gutta (syn. G. cambogia, G. quaesita) ?

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Gambooge, Brindleberry, Brindall berry, Fish Tamarind, Malabar Tamarind or Kerala Tamarind, Gorikapuli, Kodumpulli (Kerala), Goraka (Sri Lanka), கொறுக்காய்ப்புளி (Kodukkaippuli) in Tamil, കുടംപുളി (Kudampuli) in Malayalam

What is Garcinia Cambogia?

Gambooge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Song of the waves - Parayil A. Tharakan Blog: Kerala cuisine: Kudampuli for good taste, better health

Garcinia India, Garcinia Cambogia India, Garcinia Extract India, Garcinia Powder India, Garcinia Exporter India, Garcinia Manufacturer India, hydroxycitric acid extract, hydroxycitric acid India, garcinia cambogia extract

http://www.ehow.com/about_5055137_garcinia-cambogia-side-effects.html

 

2009/8/25 Rani Bhagat <raani...@gmail.com>

[cheriyan vj]

Hi all,

Is 'garcinia.cambogia' any different from the kokum fruit one sees in the konkan region.

Thanks

cheriyan

[J.M. Garg]

Hi, Cheriyen ji,

Yes, it is different. See the following link:

http://parayilat.blogspot.com/2008/07/kerala-cuisine-kudampuli-for-good-taste.html

2009/9/6 cheriyan vj <cheri...@gmail.com>

[Yazdy Palia]

Dear Gargji,
There seems to be something wrong in the blog cited by you. I wonder
if Mr. Parayil has tasted Mangosteen? I wonder how anybody who has
tasted both kudampuli and Magosteen can make a remark that one is the
other name of the other.
My apologies for being blunt. Magosteen is such a delightful fruit.
Kokum is sour.
Regards
Yazdy.

[Gurcharan Singh]

Yazdy ji

Please don't react like that. Please read the blog carefully. Mr Parayil
does not write Kudampuli and Mangosteen are same, he writes ' It looks
(Kudampulli) like inside of mangosteen fruit'. He also also correctly writes
Kokum and Kudampulli are different.

As I understand from literatuture Kudampulli is G. Gambogia Desr. now
correctly known as Garcinia gummi-gutta (L.) N. Robson. The fruits are
edible, but too acidic and commonly pickled. Kokum is G. indica Choicy (also
known as Kokum butter tree; Mangosteen oil tree) fruits sweet with agreeable
odour, used in jellies and syrups. Mangosteen is G. mangostana L., eaten as
dessert, used in jellies and squashes.



Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College
University of Delhi, Delhi
India
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45

[Yazdy Palia]

Dear Dr. Gurcharan Singh Ji,

My appologies if I have offended anybody. It is not my intention to
hurt anybody. My language was rather strong, I apologise for it. I was
refering to the sentence I am copying here
"The scientific name for kokum is Gracinia indica. Some of the other
names are amsul, katambi, panarpuli and mangosteen. Photo on the left
shows two kokum fruits".
I have seen Magosteen and it looks just like the fruits in his picture.
I have always maintained that I am not a botanist and am always ready
to accept the verdict of eminent people like you and the others at
indiantreepix.
Thanks once again.
Regards
Yazdy.

[Gurcharan Singh]

Yes Yazdi ji, it is a mistake as you rightly pointed out. Let us enjoy the
interactions on this group, and not get upset by mistakes by others. I being
botanist, know there are so many wrong identifications on different
websites, which confuse others. We have to tolerate them.

Just enjoy this group, and you will feel it is worthwhile.

[JM Garg]

This will be G. indica as per Diversity of Garcinia species in the Western Ghats (pdf): JNTBGRI- Diversity of Garcinia species in the Western Ghats: Phytochemical Perspective- P. S. Shameer, K. B. Rameshkumar and N. Mohanan.

Pl. see Garcinia indica