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a, b Keshab Raj Rajbhandari * and Ganga Datt Bhatt : cowa (), a New Record from Nepal aG.P.O. Box 9446, Kathmandu, NEPAL; bNational Herbarium and Laboratories, Department of Plant Resources, Godawari, Lalitpur, NEPAL *Corresponding author: [email protected]

Summary: Garcinia cowa Roxb. (Clusiaceae), Garcinia cowa Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 622 (1832). collected from Salhesh Phulbari forest, Siraha [Fig. 1] District, central Nepal, is reported for the first Dioecious, evergreen tree, 6–10 m tall time from Nepal. with leaves broadly lanceolate, elliptic or oblanceolate, 9.5–5.3 cm long and 2–4.5 cm Salhesh Phulbari forest, lying in 86°26ʹE wide, petiole 0.6–1.5 cm long, base cuneate, longitude and 26°43ʹN latitude, is a 7.95 hectare apex acuminate; flowers yellow, having 4 patch of forest located in the Terai region (110– sepals and 4 yellow-flushed-pink or red petals, 120 m altitude) in Siraha District, central Nepal. sepal pairs equal; male flowers 3–6 arranged The Salhesh Phulbari forest is composed of in axillary fascicles; stamens numerous with mixed subtropical trees and shrubs of Putranjiva anther dehiscence vertical by 4 clefts; female roxburghii Wall. (Putranjivaceae), Mallotus flowers 2–3 arranged in terminal fascicles; ovary philippensis (Lam.) Müll. Arg. (Euphorbiaceae), 6–8-locular and fruit ovoid, smooth, 2–5 cm in Aphanamixis polystachya (Wall.) Parker diameter, 4–8-sulcate. (Meliaceae), Syzygium sp. (Myrtaceae), Distribution: , Nepal, , Machilus gamblei King ex Hook. f. (Lauraceae), (Yunnan), , , , Glochidion sp. (Euphorbiaceae), Streblus asper and . Lour. (Moraceae), Hyptianthera stricta Wight Ecology: In forest. & Arn. (Rubiaceae), Xylosma longifolium Clos Flowering and fruiting: March–July. (Salicaceae) and Ardisia solanacea Roxb. Local name: Kudhare. (Primulaceae). The area is protected due to its Use: The ripe acidic fruit is eaten. Children historical and religious importance (Bhatt and like the fruit very much in Salhesh area. Khatri 2016). Specimens examined: C NEPAL. Siraha District, During the course of identification of the Salhesh Phulbari, 115 m alt. (G. D. Bhatt & S. Khatri collected at Salhesh Phulbari forest 20163022, 27 Mar 2016, with male flowers, KATH). Ibid., (Salhesh Botanical Garden) we found a tree 115 m alt. (S. Khatri S-3, 19 May 2016, with fruit, KATH). species, Garcinia cowa Roxb. (Clusiaceae), new Garcinia cowa is similar to G. gummi-gutta to Nepal. (L.) N. Robson, distributed in south India, but Previously, only one species of Garcinia, G. it can be distinguished by having numerous xanthochymus Hook. f. ex T. Anders., has been stamens, ovary 6–8-locular (6-locular in our reported from Nepal (Robson 1979). Thus, this specimen), berries 2–5 cm in diameter (4–5 cm is the second species of Garcinia for the flora of in our specimen) with 4–8 vertical grooves from Nepal. base to apex, smooth, while G. gummi-gutta has 12–20 or more stamens, ovary 8–11-locular, berries up to 7 cm in diameter, with 6–8 vertical grooves ending about middle, mamillate (Singh

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Kathmandu. London. Robson N. K. B. 1979. Guttiferae. In: Hara H. and Williams Singh N. P. 1993. Clusiaceae. In: Sharma B. D. and L. H. J. (eds.), An Enumeration of the Flowering Plants Sanjappa M. (eds.), Flora of India 3: 86–151. Botanical of Nepal 2: 63. British Museum (Natural History), Survey of India, Calcutta.

a b K. R. Rajbhandari ，G. D. Bhatt ：ネパール新産のフク ギ属 Garcinia cowa（フクギ科） ネパール中部の Siraha District, Salhesh Phulbari から 子房は 6–8 室で，漿果は直径 2–5 cm で，基部から頂端 フクギ属（フクギ科）の 1 種，Garcinia cowa Roxb. を にかけて 8 本の溝がある点で異なる． 初めて報告した．Garcinia cowa は高さ 6–8 m ほどの （aネパール・カトマンズ私書箱第 9446 号， 常緑小高木で，インド南部に分布する Garcinia gummi- bネパール・植物資源局国立標本館及び植物研究室） gutta (L.) N. Robson に似るが，雄しべの数がより多く，