Garcinia mangostana Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 443. 1753.

"Habitat in Java." RCN: 3440.

Lectotype (Hammel in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 48. 1993): [icon] " Mangostans " in Garcin in Philos. Trans. 38(431): 232, unnumbered plate. 1734.

Generitype of Garcinia Linnaeus.

Current name: Garcinia mangostana L. ( Clusiaceae).

Note: D’Arcy (in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 67: 998. 1981) and Smith (Fl. Vitiensis Nova 2: 347. 1981) both suggested unseen Clifford material as a suitable type, but none is in existence.