Garcinia indica, a plant in the mangosteen family (Clusiaceae), commonly known as kokum, is a fruit-bearing tree that has culinary, pharmaceutical, and industrial uses.

It grows primarily in India's Western Ghats: in the states of Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka and Kerala.

The genus Garcinia, belonging to the family Clusiaceae, includes about 200 species found in the Old World tropics, mostly in Asia and Africa.

Garcinia indica is an evergreen, monoecious tree,[3] which can grow up to 18 meters high, on maturity attaining a pyramid shape.

Of these, seven are endemic to the Western Ghats, six in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and four in the northeastern region of India.

The fresh fruit is preserved with sugar to make bright-red squash that is diluted with water and bottled for sale as a beverage called Kokum Sarbat.

The seed of Garcinia indica contains 23–26% Kokum butter, which remains solid at room temperature.

[9] The rind of the fruit is a good source of hydroxycitric acid which has been claimed to modify lipid metabolism.