Garcinia linii C. E. Chang

This species is related to Garcinia dives Pierre, from the Philippines, but differs in having broader leaves and solitary, axillary flowers.

Trees small, 10-15 m tall. Twigs yellowish brown, robust; young ones tetragonous. Petiole 5-12 mm; leaf blade adaxially dark green, ovate to elliptic, 7.5-12 × 4-6.3 cm, subleathery, secondary veins slightly raised abaxially, base broadly cuneate, margin involute, apex obtuse to acute or rounded. Plant dioecious; flowers solitary, axillary; pedicels 6-10 mm. Male flowers: sepals 4, 2 large, 2 small; outer 2: orbicular or elliptic-spatulate; petals obovate, 9-10 mm; stamens 4-fascicled, each fascicle with robust stalk and many anthers; anther cells oblong, longitudinally dehiscent; pistillode cylindric, slender. Female flowers unknown. Fruit ellipsoid or globose, 2-3 × ca. 2 cm, smooth.

● Mountain slopes. E Taiwan.

Garcinia linii is a species of flowering plant in the family Clusiaceae. It is found only in Taiwan. It is threatened by habitat loss.