Garcinia gardneriana
| Garcinia gardneriana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Clusiaceae |
| Genus: | Garcinia |
| Species: | G. gardneriana |
| Binomial name | |
| Garcinia gardneriana (Planch. & Triana) Zappi | |
Garcinia gardneriana (Bacupari) is an evergreen, dioecious species of the genus Garcinia. It is distributed throughout South America's Amazon Basin and produces fruit with edible arils.[1] In Brazil there is currently research to use this fruit as a source to combat cancer.[2][3] [4]
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