BOTANICAL NAME |
Garcinia cambogia GAERTN.DESR. |
FAMILY |
CLUSIACEAE |
COMMON NAMES/VERNACULAR NAMES |
Hindi-Bilatti-amli; Sanskrit-Vrksamlah |
PART USED |
Fruit |
DISTRIBUTION |
This species has a restricted global distribution in occuring outhern India and Sri lanka. Within India, it has been recorded in Western Ghats of Maharashtra (Bombay,Konkan), Goa (Anmod, Colem range, Sangeum), Kerala (Calicut, Cannanore, Palakkad, Nilambur, Thrissur and Thirivananthapuram) and Tamil Nadu (Coimbatore, Nilgiri, Tirunelveli and Dharmapuri districts) in an altitude range of 400-900m. |
PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTIVITY |
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24417609, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11807973 |
THERAPETIC USES AS PER API |
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25732350, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30000956 |
CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS |
Hydroxy Citric Acid |