Updates on Antiobesity Effect of Garcinia Origin (−)-HCA
Table 1
Comparison of G. cambogia, G. atroviridis, and G. indica [9, 11, 13, 44].
Species
Common name
Origin
Feature
G. cambogia
Asam Gelugor
India: found commonly in the evergreen forests of Western Ghats, from Konkan southward to Travancore, and in the Shola forests of Nilgiri.
Small- or medium-sized tree with a rounded crown and horizontal or drooping branches, under the family of Guttiferae. Its fruits are ovoid, about 5 cm in diameter, yellow or red when ripe with six to eight grooves, enclosing six to eight seeds, and are edible.
G. atroviridis
Asam Gelugor
Southeast Asia
Small- or medium-sized fruit tree, with drooping branches and ovoid fruits. The fruits are bright orange-yellow when ripe, globose with 12–16 grooves, about 7–10 cm in diameter, and fluted with a firmly textured outer rind and a rather thin and translucent pulp surrounding the seeds.
G. indica
Kokum
India: the tropical rain forests of Western Ghats, from Konkan southward to Mysore, Coorg, and Wayanad
Slender evergreen tree with drooping branches. Its fruits are globose or spherical, 2–4 cm in diameter, dark purple when ripe with five to eight large seeds surrounded.
