Kundong
( Sarawak Iban ) is Garcinia parvifolia,
a member of the Clusiaceae family. The specific
name, parvifolia, refers to its small
leaf; while Garcinia is named after a
French botanist Laurent Garcin.
Native
to the Malesia ecozone, the fruit is highly esteemed in Sarawak. Naturally grown in primary and secondary rainforest,
it can be propagated by seeds. The tree
is sometimes planted as ornamental in parks and gardens.
The
fruit is round to elliptic, up to 40mm in diameter. Brilliant red in colour, with 1-8 seeds
covered in white, succulent, sweet pulp.
The
fruit is consumed raw or cooked. It has
a juicy, white pulp with a delicious sweet-tart flavor, almost similar of its
cousin mangosteen ( Garcinia mangostana
).
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