Assessment of morphogenetic diversity in Garcinia gummi-gutta (L.) Roxb. using species-specific morphological and SSR markers

Abstract Garcinia gummi-gutta is an important tree crop valued for its dried fruit rinds as a souring agent in various dishes and source of hydroxycitric acid (HCA), an anti-obesity agent. In this study, the genetic variation among 35 accessions of G. gummi-gutta was analyzed by employing quantitative morphological traits and species-specific SSR markers. Recorded quantitative morphological data were statistically significant (p