Garcinia morella

Garcinia morella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Clusiaceae
Subfamily: Clusioideae
Tribe: Garcinieae
Genus: Garcinia
Species: G. morella
Binomial name
Garcinia morella
(Gaertn.) Desr.
Synonyms

Garcinia gaudichaudii[1]

Garcinia morella is a species of tree in the Clusiaceae family. In Tamil it is called ireevalsinni (இரேவற்சின்னி) and in the Philippines it is known as batuan.

The xanthonoids gaudichaudione A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, gaudichaudiic acid A, B, C, D, E, morellic acid and forbesione from G. gaudichaudii[2].

References

  1. ^ Garcinia morella on www.globinmed.com
  2. ^ Novel cytotoxic polyprenylated xanthonoids from Garcinia gaudichaudii (Guttiferae). Shu-Geng Cao, Valerie H. L. Sng, Xiao-Hua Wu, a, Keng-Yeow Sim, B. H. K. Tan, J. T. Pereira and S. H. Goh, Tetrahedron, Volume 54, Issue 36, 3 September 1998, Pages 10915-10924, doi:10.1016/S0040-4020(98)00644-9