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Definition of Garcinia hanburyi
1. Noun. Low spreading tree of Indonesia yielding an orange to brown gum resin (gamboge) used as a pigment when powdered.
Group relationships: Garcinia, Genus Garcinia
Generic synonyms: Angiospermous Tree, Flowering Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Garcinia Hanburyi
Literary usage of Garcinia hanburyi
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Indian Forester (1896)
"The tree yielding Siam Gamboge (garcinia hanburyi, Hook, f. ... is not quite
complete, there is little doubt they belong to garcinia hanburyi, Hook. f. ..."
2. Pharmacographia by Friedrich August Flückiger, Daniel Hanbury (1879)
"He termed the drug a "novum gummi purgans," or also, Gummi de by Sir Joseph
Hooker (Jour», of the Lin- takeable. 1 It has been named garcinia hanburyi for ..."
3. Text-book of Botany and Pharmacognosy: Intended for the Use of Students of by Henry Kraemer (1908)
"Gamboge plant (garcinia hanburyi). A branch showing the axillary pistillate
flowers and pome-like fruits.—After Baillon. ..."
4. Strasburger's Text-book of Botany by Eduard Strasburger, Hans Fitting (1921)
"The red contents of the secretory organs of garcinia hanburyi when dried form
Gamboge. Family 5. Dipterocarpaceae.—Characterised by the great enlargement of ..."
5. Applied and Economic Botany for Students in Technical and Agricultural by Henry Kraemer (1916)
"Gamboge plant (garcinia hanburyi). A branch showing the axillary pistillate
flowers and pome-like fruits.—After Bullion. longifolius of India and Vismia ..."