Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Clusiaceae | Genus: Garcinia | Species: Garcinia cowa Roxb. ex Choisy |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Garcinia kydia | Flower Color | Yellow - Orange |
| Common Name | Brindal berry | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | Cowa Fruit, Brindal Berry, Malabar Tamarind, Cowa Moangosteen | Flowering Period | Oct-Dec |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Kau | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | Up to 1300m | Fruit Type | Berry |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit 2-4 cm across, depressed, globose, with 4-8 vertical grooves, smooth, yellow, ridid, beaked; seeds 4-8, oblong with a soft aril |
| Habitat | Occurs in evergreen and Shola Forests | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | India to Indo-China | Bark Details | Bark smooth, surface greyish-brown; blaze creamy-yellow |
| Distribution in manipur | Eastern | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Elliptic | ||
| Description of Species | Trees 8-12 m tall, 15-20 cm in diam; bark dark brown; branches many, borne toward top of trunk, horizontal but usually distally pendulous, slender; twigs dark brow | Leaf Details | Leaves petiole 8-13 mm long, stout, glabrous; lamina 8-17 X 2.5-7 cm, elliptic-oblong, oblanceolate or broadly lanceolate, base acute, attenuate or cuneate |
