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garcinia Bot.|gɑːˈsɪnɪə|
[mod.L. (Linnæus Genera Plantarum (1737) 343), f. the name of Laurent Garcin (1683–1751), French botanist and traveller, + -ia.]
A member of the genus so named of tropical, evergreen trees, belonging to the family Guttiferæ and found in Asia, Africa, and Polynesia; some species produce gamboge, and another is the mangosteen.
1760J. Lee Introd. Bot. xi. 25 In respect to its Apex or Top, it [sc. the calyx] is either Acute, sharp, as in Primula..Obtuse, blunt, as in Nymphæa and Garcinia; or with one of its Indents lopped off, as in Verbena. 1886G. Nicholson Illustr. Dict. Gardening II. 43/2 Garcinias thrive in a peat and loam compost. 1890W. J. Gordon Foundry 126 The garcinia that yields the gamboge. 1951Dict. Gardening (R. Hort. Soc.) II. 858/1 Garcinias need stove conditions and a compost of loam and peat. |