Garcinia mangostana (binomen a Linnaeo anno 1753 statutum) est species arborum fructiferarum familiae Clusiacearum in insulis Indonesiae orientalis sponte crescens, in Asia austro-orientali australique, America Media, insulis Caribicis, Florida propter fructus deliciosos culta.
Georgius Everhardus Rumphius, Herbarium Amboinense (Amstelaedami: Chanquion, 1741-1750) vol. 1 p. 132, tab. 43; cf. E. D. Merrill, An Interpretation of Rumphius's Herbarium Amboinense. Manilae: Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Bureau of Science, 1917 p. 374