Garcinia pseudoguttifera Seem.

Ko e moʻonia ko e fuʻu ʻakau ia mo e matalaʻiʻakau manongi. Ko e kakala ʻiloa ia.

Tataku

• Hokohoko ngaahi ʻakau; Vaʻa fekumi ngoue Vainī
• Tongan dictionary; C.M. Churchward
• Plants of Tonga; T.G. Yuncker; BPB bulletin 220, Honolulu 1959

Garcinia pseudoguttifera, known as the mo'onia tree in its native range, is a species of flowering tree in the family Clusiaceae or Guttiferae.^[2]

Distribution

Garcinia pseudoguttifera is native to Oceania and is found in Fiji, Tonga, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, and the Solomon Islands.^[3]

Description

It is a small to medium-sized tree, growing from 13 to 82 feet (4.0 to 25.0 meters) in height. The crown is slender and sometimes spreading. The trunk can measure at least 11.8 inches (30 centimeters) in diameter. It is a dioecious species and has evergreen leaves, which are round and slightly ovate in shape. The fruit of the tree is pink when immature and its arils are edible. The flower bud is green before it blossoms. It grows in dense or thin forests, sometimes in beach thickets, up to 3,772.9 feet (1,150.0 meters) in elevation.^[4]

Chemistry

Four benzophenones have been isolated from Garcinia pseudoguttifera: 6-hydroxy-2,4-dimethoxy-3,5-bis(3-methyl-2-butenyl)benzophenone (myrtiaphenone-A); 2,2-dimethyl-8-benzoyl-7-hydroxy-5-methoxy-6-(3-methyl-2-butenyl)benzopyran (myrtiaphenone-B); 2,6-dihydroxy-4-methoxy-3,5-bis(3-methyl-2-butenyl)benzophenone (vismiaphenone-C); and a new benzophenone, 2,2-dimethyl-8-benzoyl-3,7-dihydroxy-5-methoxy-6-(3-methyl-2-butenyl)-3,4-dihydrobenzopyran (pseudoguttiaphenone-A). The major component of Garcinia pseudoguttifera is eupha-8,24-dien-3β-ol.^[5]

Uses

An extract from the leaves is sometimes used as a pain reliever, and an oil from the fruit is used as a perfume. The wood is sometimes used as timber. The fruit is occasionally eaten.^[4]

See also

• Garcinia
• List of Garcinia species

References

Garcinia pseudoguttifera là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Bứa. Loài này được Seem. mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1865.^[1]

Chú thích

Liên kết ngoài

• Phương tiện liên quan tới Garcinia pseudoguttifera tại Wikimedia Commons
• Dữ liệu liên quan tới Garcinia pseudoguttifera tại Wikispecies
• Vườn thực vật hoàng gia Kew; Đại học Harvard; Australian Plant Name Index (biên tập). “Garcinia pseudoguttifera”. International Plant Names Index. Truy cập ngày 2 tháng 9 năm 2013.