Gamboge-Tree

GAMBOGE-TREE (gam-bohj’). Common name for Garcinia morella, a broad-leaved, slow growing tree from Asia grown in West Indies and sometimes in S. Fla., bearing fruit the size of cherries. Its juice yields the coloring matter (gamboge) of commerce.

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