Happiness tree: Introduction, Classification, Distribution, Chemical constituents, Morphological Characters and Uses
Garcinia subelliptica, widely referred to as the Fukugi tree or happy tree, is an evergreen that grows in coastal forests in East and Southeast Asia, particularly in the Ryukyu Islands of India, Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Sri Lanka. Native to the tropics and subtropics of Asia and Africa, fukugi trees are members of the Clusiaceae family, specifically the species Garcinia. The genus includes beautiful plants with a thick green leaf canopy. When fully grown, fukugi trees—evergreen tropical trees—are 10 to 15 meters tall. Because they only have one primary trunk supporting alternating pairs of erect branches, fukugi trees are very unique. This results in compact, conical crowns. Because they are compact and erect, these trees are planted as windbreaks on Okinawa.