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|image = Garcinia_pedunculata.jpeg<br />
|status = LC<br />
|status_system = IUCN3.1<br />
|status_ref = <ref name = iucn>{{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group. |author2=Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI). |year=2025 |title=''Garcinia pedunculata'' |volume=2025 |article-number=e.T250632008A250632010 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-1.RLTS.T250632008A250632010.en |language=en |access-date=21 April 2026}}</ref> <br />
|genus = Garcinia<br />
|species = pedunculata<br />
|authority = [[William Roxburgh|Roxb.]] ex [[Francis Buchanan-Hamilton|Buch.-Ham.]]<br />
|synonyms = ''Garcinia planchonii'' {{small|Pierre}}<br />
|synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo>{{cite web |title=''Garcinia pedunculata'' Roxb. ex Buch.-Ham. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:927763-1 |website=[[Plants of the World Online]] |publisher=[[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]] |access-date=21 April 2026}}</ref><br />
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'''''Garcinia pedunculata''''' is an evergreen tree related to the purple mangosteen (''[[Garcinia mangostana]]''). The tree is native to south-eastern Asia, including northeastern India, Bangladesh, the eastern Himalayas southeastern Tibet, northern Indochina (Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam), and western [[Yunnan]] in south-central China.<ref name = powo/> It is popularly known in India as ''Amlavetasa'', in Bangladesh as ''Thoikor'' or ''Taikor'' and in Assam as ''Bor Thekera(বৰ থেকেৰা )''.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Islam |first1=Jasmin |last2=Devi |first2=Vivekanandini |last3=Langching |first3=Jyoti |title=Medicinal and antioxidant activity of Garcinia pedunculata: a valuable underutilized fruit of Assam |journal=Journal of Postharvest Technology |date=November 2021 |volume=9 |issue=4 |pages=11–22 |url=http://jpht.in/MenuscriptFile/553cd9c7-21ac-48b1-8654-a720cb62455e.pdf |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Paul |first1=S |last2=Ali |first2=MY |last3=Rumpa |first3=NE |last4=Tanvir |first4=EM |last5=Hossen |first5=MS |last6=Saha |first6=M |last7=Bhoumik |first7=NC |last8=Gan |first8=SH |last9=Khalil |first9=MI |title=Assessment of Toxicity and Beneficiary Effects of Garcinia pedunculata on the Hematological, Biochemical, and Histological Homeostasis in Rats. |journal=Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine |date=2017 |volume=2017 |article-number=4686104 |doi=10.1155/2017/4686104 |pmid=28243309 |pmc=5294221 |doi-access=free }}</ref> It is a large evergreen tree which grows in mixed deciduous forests, dry evergreen forests, lower montane rain forests, at dry evergreen and tropical evergreen rain forest edges, and along streams, from sea level to 1,200 metres elevation.<ref name = iucn/><br />
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==Tree and fruit==<br />
''Garcinia pedunculata'' is a large evergreen tree with a fluted trunk and short spreading branches. Leaves are lanceolate with prominent midribs. Male flowers are light green in sparsely flowered [[panicles]]. The female flowers are solitary. The roundish fruit has a diameter ranging between 8 and 12&nbsp;cm. It has a juicy interior with edible [[arils]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.assamforest.in/publication/wildEdible_plantsAssam.pdf|title=''Wild Edible Plants of Assam''|publisher=Director, Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam, India.|access-date=2013-11-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140629052006/http://assamforest.in/publication/wildEdible_plantsAssam.pdf|archive-date=2014-06-29}}</ref><br />
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==Uses==<br />
[[File:Sukan thekera.JPG|left|thumb|Dried fruit of ''Garcinia pedunculata'']]<br />
The ripe fruit is eaten cooked or raw. Usually the ripe or raw fruits are sliced, sun-dried and preserved. In the state of [[Assam]] the fruit is used in cooking to add a sour flavour.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Mangosteen]]<br />
* [[Garcinia assamica]]<br />
* [[Garcinia xanthochymus]]<br />
* [[Garcinia cowa]]<br />
* [[Garcinia lanceifolia]]<br />
* [[Garcinia morella]]<br />
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[[Category:Garcinia|pedunculata]]<br />
[[Category:Flora of Assam (region)]]<br />
[[Category:Flora of Bangladesh]]<br />
[[Category:Flora of East Himalaya]]<br />
[[Category:Flora of India (region)]]<br />
[[Category:Flora of Laos]]<br />
[[Category:Flora of Myanmar]]<br />
[[Category:Flora of Thailand]]<br />
[[Category:Flora of Tibet]]<br />
[[Category:Flora of Vietnam]]<br />
[[Category:Flora of Yunnan]]<br />
[[Category:Least concern flora of Asia]]<br />
[[Category:Fruit vegetables]]<br />
[[Category:Plants described in 1827]]<br />
[[Category:Taxa named by Francis Buchanan-Hamilton]]</div>Antonioctj