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A ripping read and it highlights the complexity of Garcinia. Let me tell you a little tale about a must have Garcinia quite unlike any other. I encountered a tree at Alan Carles place that I initially called G. macrophylla but a giant fruiter. Subsequent G.macrophylla from brazil that I sent a few seeds around has subsequently fruited and is different. It is much smaller with a single seed and has lower flesh yield and is altogether inferior to the glorious whopper I encountered. Today I re-acquainted myself with that tree.It is a single apparently monoecious tree. I posted pics around 4 years ago of a 12cm fruit showing 4 sections inside. It is yellowy pink when ripe and has a prominent beak. Recently I googled de bico to see what this fang dangled new and glamorous Garcinia is all about. To my surprise it looks like a smaller and yellower version of what I was perhaps cavalier in calling a form of G. macrophylla. The sections inside look kinda the same and not the typical seed or seeds in the centre but in the segments. I don't know if anyone can find these pics in the old thread as I can't seem to get the pic stuff happening these days.