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Internal ID UUID64401d2ab7c85257724982
Scientific name Garcinia humilis
Authority (Vahl) C.D.Adams
First published in Phytologia 20: 312 (1970)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Mammea lateriflora Griseb. Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 7: 184 (1857)
Rheedia americana Christm. Vollst. Pflanzensyst. 2: 4 (1777)
Rheedia humilis (Vahl) Kosterm. Pengum. Lemb. Pusat Penjel. Kehut. 72: 31 (1961)
Malpighia mitis Rchb. ex Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I. : 108 (1859)
Rheedia lateriflora L. Sp. Pl. : 1193 (1753)
Mammea humilis Vahl Eclog. Amer. 2: 40 (1798)
Mammea humilis var. plumieri Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I. : 108 (1859)
Mammea humilis var. vahlii Griseb. Fl. Brit. W.I. [Grisebach] 108. 1859 [Jun 1859]
Rheedia sessiliflora Planch. Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 8: 500. 1893 [Dec 1893]
Rheedia sieberi Choisy Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 12: 427 (1851)
Rheedia sessiliflora Planch. ex Vesque Epharmosis 2: t. 62 (1889)
Garcinia lateriflora (L.) C.D.Adams ex Alain Dicc. Bot. Española : 36 (2000)

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Language Common/alternative name
English achacha
Bengali আছাছা
Esperanto aĉaĉario
French bois-l'onguent
gn achachairu
Indonesian acaca
Kannada ಅಚಾಚಾ
Malayalam അച്ചാച്ച
Portuguese achachairu
Chinese 阿恰恰

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  • Southern America
    • Caribbean
      • Haiti
      • Jamaica
      • Leeward Islands
      • Trinidad-Tobago
      • Windward Islands
    • Northern South America
      • Guyana

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000694370
Tropicos 7800804
INPN 629764
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:107410-2
The Plant List kew-2816901
NCBI Taxonomy 2867533
IPNI 107410-2
iNaturalist 488363
GBIF 3714283
Freebase /m/0b6h82m
USDA GRIN 411005
Wikipedia Garcinia_humilis
Open Tree Of Life 154997

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Natural Products Targeting Liver X Receptors or Farnesoid X Receptor She J, Gu T, Pang X, Liu Y, Tang L, Zhou X Front Pharmacol 05-Jan-2022
PMCID:PMC8766425
doi:10.3389/fphar.2021.772435
PMID:35069197
Anticancer Properties and Mechanism of Action of Oblongifolin C, Guttiferone K and Related Polyprenylated Acylphloroglucinols Bailly C, Vergoten G Nat Prod Bioprospect 29-Sep-2021
PMCID:PMC8479269
doi:10.1007/s13659-021-00320-1
PMID:34586597
Antiproliferative Activity and Antioxidant Potential of Extracts of Garcinia gardneriana Demenciano SD, Silva MC, Alexandrino CA, Kato Junior WH, Figueiredo PD, Garcez WS, Campos RP, Guimarães RD, Sarmento UC, Bogo D Molecules 14-Jul-2020
PMCID:PMC7397228
doi:10.3390/molecules25143201
PMID:32674257
Achacha (Garcinia humilis) Rind Improves Cardiovascular Function in Rats with Diet-Induced Metabolic Syndrome John OD, Wanyonyi S, Mouatt P, Panchal SK, Brown L Nutrients 04-Oct-2018
PMCID:PMC6213199
doi:10.3390/nu10101425
PMID:30287733
Guttiferone I, a new prenylated benzophenone from Garcinia humilis as a liver X receptor ligand. Herath K, Jayasuriya H, Ondeyka JG, Guan Z, Borris RP, Stijfhoorn E, Stevenson D, Wang J, Sharma N, Macnaul K, Menke JG, Ali A, Schulman MJ, Singh SB J Nat Prod 01-Apr-2005
doi:10.1021/NP050045J
PMID:15844964

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