Garcinia mangostana

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q170662
Garcinia mangostana
Berthe Hoola van Nooten (1817-1892), Pieter De Pannemaeker (lithographer) · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

Garcinia mangostana is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.13% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,070 views/month, #247 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Garcinia[4]
  • Taxon name: Garcinia mangostana[5]
  • Subclass of: fruit tree[6]
  • Has use: medicinal plant[7], fruit[8]
  • Commons category: Garcinia mangostana[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Garcinia mangostana[10]
  • Commons gallery: Garcinia mangostana[11]
  • External data available at URL: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/93725bf2-6ada-47f9-bd5e-0e679e3d245e[12], https://www.gbif.org/dataset/31dc1507-a6e1-4233-a8df-c7a78596a7e4[13]
  • Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[14], Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 50(2)[15], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[17], The New Student's Reference Work[18]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=71011[19]
  • This taxon is source of: mangosteen[20], mangosteen juice[21]
  • Short name: G. mangostana[22]
  • Taxon common name: mangostan[23], 鳳果[24], mangostan właściwy[25], garcynia[26], smaczelina[27], żółtopla[28], żółciecz[29], purple mangostan[30], 莽吉柿[31], 山竹子[32]
  • Different from: mango[33], Siraitia grosvenorii[34]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[35]
  • Taxon author citation: L.[36]

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Identifiers

Garcinia mangostana's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 123001[37]. Garcinia mangostana's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 58228[38]. Garcinia mangostana's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 584879[39]. Garcinia mangostana's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3189571[40]. Garcinia mangostana's ITIS TSN is recorded as 21484[41].

Why It Matters

Garcinia mangostana has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 97 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Plantdrew · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Iucn taxon id → 163459655
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  2. 8w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Apni id → 220608, 437237, 452933
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  3. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Pangasius sabahensis
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  4. 20w ago · ~2026-31666-86 · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon common name → mangostan, 鳳果, mangostan właściwy +8
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  5. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007548327105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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