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''Garcinia gummi-gutta'' is a tropical species of ''Garcinia'' native to Indonesia. Common names include garcinia cambogia (a former scientific name), as well as brindleberry,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Potential treatments for insulin resistance in the horse: A comparative multi-species review )〕 Malabar tamarind,〔 and ''kudam puli'' (pot tamarind).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Meals that heal - Soul curry )〕 This fruit looks like a small pumpkin and is green to pale yellow in color. Although it has received considerable media attention purporting its effects on weight loss, no clinical evidence supports this claim. == Cultivation == ''Garcinia gummi-gutta'' is grown for its fruit in Southeast Asia, coastal Karnataka/Kerala, India, and west and central Africa. It thrives in most moist forests. ''G. gummi-gutta'' is one of several closely related ''Garcinia'' species from the plant family Clusiaceae.〔Publications & Information Directorate, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (1986). G. cambogia Desr. The Useful Plants of India. (New Delhi: Publications & Information Directorate, 1986) 229.〕 With thin skin and deep vertical lobes, the fruit of ''G. gummi-gutta'' and related species range from about the size of an orange to that of a grapefruit; ''G. gummi-gutta'' looks more like a small yellowish, greenish, or sometimes reddish pumpkin.〔"Fruit yellowish or reddish, size of an orange having six or eight deep longitudinal grooves in its fleshy pericarp. Pulp acid of a pleasant flavor. It is dried among the Singalese who use it in curries." Uphof, J.C. Th. (1968).〕 The color can vary considerably. When the rinds are dried and cured in preparation for storage and extraction, they are dark brown or black in color. Along the west coast of South India, ''G. gummi-gutta'' is popularly termed "Malabar tamarind", and shares culinary uses with the tamarind (''Tamarindus indica''). The latter is a small and the former a quite large evergreen tree. ''G. gummi-gutta'' is also called ''goraka'' or, in some areas, simply ''kattcha puli'' (souring fruit). It is called ''uppage'' in Kannada language and fruits are collected and dried for selling to dealers in Sirsi, Karnataka. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Garcinia gummi-gutta」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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