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Seeds Exotic Garcinia indica Kokum butter tree, Mangosteen Price for Package of 2 seeds. Kokum is a exotic tree with a dense canopy of green leaves and red-tinged tender emerging leaves. It is indigenous to the Western Ghats region of India, along the western coast. The tree is large and handsome, having elliptic, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, deep-green glossy leaves, 5.5-8 cm long and 2.5-3 cm broad. The flowers are fleshy, dark pink, solitary or in spreading cluster. The fruit is brownish or brownish-gray, marbled with yellow, and is crowned by the 4-parted, stalkless stigma. There are from 6 to 8 seeds, and the pulp is juicy, white, and delicious in taste and odor. It is about the size of an orange. An average kokum tree bears hundreds of fruits during summer. When they are tender, they are green in color. As they ripen, they get the beautiful purple color. The fruits are plucked when they are ripe. The tree is a source of kokam butter which is used in cosmetics and confectionary.  Sowing Instructions Propagation: Seeds / Cuttings Pretreat: 0 Stratification: 0 Sowing Time: all year round Sowing Depth: 1 cm Sowing Mix: Coir or sowing mix + sand or perlite Germination temperature: about 25-27 ° C Location: bright + keep constantly moist not wet Germination Time: about 3-8 weeks Watering: abundant water in the growing season   Copyright © 2012 Seeds Gallery - Saatgut Galerie - Galerija semena. All Rights Reserved.

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