| Author : (Thouars) Choisy |
| Family : Clusiaceae |
| Habit: Medium tree |
| Sanskrit: Vrkshamla, Amlavrikshaka |
| English: Kokam butter tree, Mangosteen oil tree, Brindonia tallow tree, Wild Mangosteen, Red Mango |
A slender, evergreen tree, 10-15 m tall, with drooping branches, buttressed base, blackish trunk, dark green, ovate or oblong lanceolate leaves, red when young, small, white male and female flowers, dark purple or orange-pink or wine brown, globose fruits having 5-8 compressed seeds enclosed in red, acidic pulp.
Fruits, leaves, bark, root bark
dysentery, mucous diarrhoea, chapped skin, fissures of hands, lips, piles, dysentery, tumours, excessive thirst, abdominal disorders, pains, heart complaints, skin diseases
L-leucine, euxanthone, volkensiflavone, morelloflavone, garcinol, isogarcinol, cambogin, (-)-hydroxy-citric acid, camboginol, cyanidin-3-sambubioside, stearic and oleic acids, mono-oleodisaturated glycerides