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Garcinia
''Garcinia'' is a plant genus of the family Clusiaceae native to Asia, Australia, tropical and southern Africa, and Polynesia. The number of species is highly disputed, with various sources recognizing between 50 and about 300. Commonly, the plants in this genus are called saptrees, mangosteens (which may also refer specifically to the purple mangosteen, ''G. mangostana''), garcinias or, ambiguously, "monkey fruit". Many species are threatened by habitat destruction, and at least ''G. cadelliana'' from South Andaman Island is almost or even completely extinct already.〔WCMC (1998)〕 The fruits are a food source for several animals, such as the archduke butterflies (''Lexias'') of tropical eastern Asia which relish the sap of overripe mangosteens. ==Description== ''Garcinia'' species are evergreen trees and shrubs, dioecious and in several cases apomictic. The fruit is a berry with fleshy endocarp, which in several species is delicious.
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