Garcinia talbotii is a large tree in the family Clusiaceae and is endemic to the Western Ghats of India.

[2] The tree has yellow latex, and can attain a height of 25 m and girth up to 2.2 m.[3] This species was first reported from Gairsoppah Ghats in North Kanara of Karanataka district.

Twelve to fifteen pairs of parallel secondary nerves can be seen on the leaves.

[3] This is a common sub-canopy tree seen throughout the low and medium elevation evergreen forests.

It's found at elevations of 250-1100 m.[3] In India, it is distributed across Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra districts[5] This is a dioecious tree with separate male and female plants.