The photographs of the fruits of recently described Garcinia pushpangadaniana is given here. This is the biggest fruit among Indian species. Each fruit is 10-12 cm in diameter and weighs 500-600 gms.
I wish to know whether there are any Garcinia species with bigger fruit than this world over. Experts may kindly clarify.
I think Garcinia atroviridis has similar size or even bigger a bit (see the photograph attached)
i agree with you as far as the species reported from India are considered for comparison. The comments of Rismita Sari should be evaluated by considering the average wt of random samples collected from different trees.
I agree with George K.V. I have data from several trees for our samples, the average diameter of G. atroviridis fruit is range from 8-10.5 cm. The weight up to ca. 666 g per fruit (2 kg/3 fruits). The photograph I attached is an exceptional. This tree has bigger fruits than others, this is what people in North Sumatra called it as "water type". The "stone type" is smaller. I attach other photograph of the unripe fruits from the tree.
I fully agree with your systematic analysis and logical conclusion
K.V. George
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