
Garcinia gardneriana, the bacupari, is an evergreen, dioecious species of the genus Garcinia. It is distributed throughout South America's Amazon Basin and Atlantic Forest, from Colombia and Venezuela to Paraguay and northeastern Argentina. and produces fruit with edible arils.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Garcinia gardneriana being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Garcinia intermedia
- Garcinia brasiliensis
- Garcinia xanthochymus
- Garcinia talbotii
- Garcinia madruno
- Ambelania acida
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Malpighiales
- Family
- Clusiaceae
- Genus
- Garcinia
- Species
- Garcinia gardneriana
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