Garcinia kurzii Pierre, Fl. Forest. Cochinch. Fasc. 5: 14, t. 78. 1883; Brandis, Indian Trees 49. 1907.

Shrubs; young branches slightly quadrangular; young bark green. Leaves 16 - 25 x 8 - 10 cm, elliptic, obtuse or acute at base, acuminate at apex, entire or subrepand, coriaceous, shiny; lateral veins indefinite, ca 1 cm apart, slender, more or less arcuate, irregularly anastomosing towards apex into submarginal vein, tertiary veins laxly reticulate; petioles 2 - 2.5 cm long, channelled above. Male flowers: Solitary, rarely paired, 2.5 cm diam., pale white; pedicels 9 - 10 x 2 - 3 cm. Sepals 4, slightly unequal, outer pair 13. x 15.5 mm, inner pair 13 x 10 - 12 mm, orbicular, concave, recurved after anthesis, thick, many-nerved. Petals 4, 16 - 18 x 20 mm, suborbicular, narrowed at base, thick, fatntly veined. Stamens indefinite, in 4 bundles, opposite to petals; filaments long; anthers oblong, bilocular. Rudimentary pistil short, apex disciform, 1.5 mm broad, flat or slightly convex, margin wavy, fimbriate. Female flowers: Staminodes absent. Stigma peltate, radiate or lobed. Berries small, up to 3 cm in diam.

Fl. & Fr. Jan. - March.

Distrib. India: Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Andaman Islands).

Endemic.