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 Garcinia intermedia (Pittier) Hammel 

Family	:	Calophyllum edule Seem.
Local name	:	English-  lemon dropmangosteen
Flowering and fruiting period	:	June-August
Distribution	:	Northwestern S. America - Ecuador, north through Central America to Mexico.
Habitat	:	An understorey tree of humid, mainly primary forests, where it often almost reaches the canopy, growing at elevations up to 1,200 metres
Uses	:	The fruit is edible
Key botanical characters: It is a elegant, erect, evergreen tree with a densely branched, thick, dark crown. It usually grows around 10 metres tall, but with occasional specimens up to 30 metres.The straight, cylindrical bole is around 20cm in diameter.The tree produces a copious gummy, yellow latex. Leaves Evergreen, opposite, stiff, (8-15 cm) long. Flowers Whitish and small, perfect, produced in axillary groups of 1-15 at branch nodes.Fruit  Round; thin orange to reddish peel; pulp (aril) whitish; aromatic sweet sour taste; 1-2 seeds.