The “volatile chemicals” were found in the leaves of six species of Garcinia that were studied for the first time. These species are Garciniaassamica, Garcinia dulcis, Garcinia lanceifolia, Garcinia morella, Garcinia pedunculata and Garcinia xanthochymus.
The genus Garcinia with some 250 species of trees and shrubs is distributed in southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent and tropical Africa. The Indian subcontinent has 44 of this species, with the northeast hosting 19 of them.
Of these, Garcinia assamica is a newly discovered species. Only a few trees were recorded from areas near western Assam’s Manas National Park.
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