Garcinia sessilis
LC Least Concern
Names
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| Scientific name | Garcinia sessilis (G.Forst.) Seem. |
About this species
Garcinia sessilis, commonly known as heilala in Tongan, is an evergreen tree native to Fiji and the Santa Cruz Islands and introduced to Tonga and Samoa. The heilala flower is the national flower of Tonga.
The species was first described as Clusia sessilis by Georg Forster in 1786. In 1862 Berthold Carl Seemann placed the species in genus Garcinia as G. sessilis.
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Classification
| Kingdom | Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Malpighiales |
| Family | Clusiaceae |
| Genus | Garcinia |
In Suriname
1Records in Suriname
1963First record
