Garcinia arbuscula Engl.

Sosef, Marc S. M. & Dauby, Gilles, 2012, Contribution to the taxonomy of Garcinia (Clusiaceae) in Africa, including two new species from Gabon and a key to the Lower Guinean species, PhytoKeys 17, pp. 41-62 : 50

Garcinia arbuscula Engl.

Garcinia arbuscula - Protologue: Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 55: 391 (1919).

Syntypes:

CAMEROON. Mfongu, am Muti-abhang, 1700-1900 m alt., Ledermann 5863 & 5943. Not located, probably lost at B, no duplicates traced yet.

The protologue states there are 20-30 stamens in 4 bundles (so some 5-8(-9) per bundle), fused until halfway, and leaves similar to Garcinia ovalifolia , but with less pronounced veins and a cuneate base, on 1-1.5 cm long petioles. Flowers are positioned in glomerules on the twigs, below the leaves. This description fits that of Garcinia smeathmannii and we momentarily place this name under that species.