genus Garcinia

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genus Garcinia - evergreen trees and shrubs: mangosteensGarciniadilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbsClusiaceae, family Clusiaceae, family Guttiferae, Guttiferae, St John's wort family - widely distributed family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines that produce oils and resins and some usable timberGarcinia mangostana, mangosteen, mangosteen tree - East Indian tree with thick leathery leaves and edible fruitgamboge tree, Garcinia cambogia, Garcinia gummi-gutta, Garcinia hanburyi - low spreading tree of Indonesia yielding an orange to brown gum resin (gamboge) used as a pigment when powdered