Clusiaceae

Gourka

Garcinia dulcis (Roxb.) Kurz

Family: Clusiaceae
Genus: Garcinia

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Gourka: Litho. Blad en vrucht van de Xanthochymus dulcis roxb moendoe — Photo: G. Sévereyns, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (9)

Arabic: جندم حلو
ban: Mundeh
Chinese: 爪哇凤果, 爪哇鳳果
English: Gourka, Maphuut
Indonesian: Mundu
Javanese: Mundhu
mad: Monḍhu
Sundanese: Jawura
Thai: มะพูด

Synonyms

Garcinia elliptica Choisy
Garcinia elliptica Choisy
Stalagmitis dulcis Cambess.
Stalagmitis javanensis (Blume) Spach
Xanthochymus dulcis Roxb.
Xanthochymus javanensis Blume

Characteristics

Growth habit: Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Puerto Rico: introduced

Photos

Photo: G. Sévereyns, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Christian Pirkl, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Christian Pirkl, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.