Garcinia mangostana
The story
For centuries, the purple mangosteen has been a treasured part of tropical Asia, where people have cultivated this evergreen tree since ancient times. Deeply rooted in the history of the Malay Peninsula and Borneo, its fame eventually carried it across the oceans, leading to its introduction in far-reaching tropical locales like Colombia and Florida.
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- Family
- Clusiaceae
How to use it
The mangosteen tree is cultivated primarily for its edible fruit, which is enjoyed fresh or used in various culinary dishes. Its cultivation has been extensive in tropical regions, highlighting its ecological and agricultural importance.
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In the kitchen
The purple mangosteen is a tropical tree that produces edible fruit, which has been cultivated for its culinary value since ancient times.
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About
Mangosteen, sometimes rendered mangostan, and commonly known as the purple mangosteen, is a tropical evergreen tree with edible fruit native to the Malay Peninsula and Borneo. It has been cultivated extensively in tropical Asia since ancient times. It is grown mainly in Southeast Asia, southwest India and other tropical areas such as Colombia, Puerto Rico and Florida, where the tree has been introduced. The tree grows from 6 to 25 m tall.
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Garcinia mangostana
- Slug
- garcinia-mangostana
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Clusiaceae
- Genus
- Garcinia
- Species
- mangostana
- Wikidata QID
- Q170662
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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