Garcinia mannii is a dioecious and evergreen flowering tree in the family Clusiaceae (Guttiferae).

[2] The specific epithet (mannii) honors German botanist Gustav Mann.

Garcinia mannii is native to southern Guinea and Liberia east to Nigeria and south to Gabon and western Democratic Republic of the Congo.

[3] Its leaves are elliptical in shape and slightly rounded, and the flowers have four red petals with yellow-orange centers.

[3] Due to the chemical composition of the plant, it is used as a chewing stick across its native range.