Mangosteen Juice

What is Garcinia Mangostana?

Garcinia Mangostana (G. Mangostana) is the scientific name for the Purple Mangosteen, known simply as "the mangosteen". The purple mangosteen belongs to the same genus as the other, less widely known, mangosteens, such as:

• the button mangosteen (Garcinia prainiana) or
• the Garcinia madruno (Garcinia madruno).

Where do Mangosteen trees grow?

Mangosteen is a tropical evergreen tree believed to have originated in the Sunda Islands and the Moluccas of Indonesia.

How tall is a Mangosteen tree?

The tree grows from 7 to 25 m (20–80 ft) tall.

Different parts of the Mangosteen fruit

The rind (exocarp) of the edible Mangosteen fruit is deep reddish purple when ripe.

Botanically an aril, the fragrant edible flesh can be described as sweet and tangy, citrusy with peach flavor and texture.

A mangosteen orchard is a bunch of palm trees (as in a forest, either man-made or natural) where many mangosteen trees grow. There are many mangosteen orchards in many southeast Asian countries such as:

• Malaysia,
• Indonesia,
• Vietnam,
• Cambodia,
• Myanmar,
• Sri Lanka,
• The Philippines, and
• Thailand

Which southeast Asian country has the largest mangosteen orchard?

Vietnam has the largest mangosteen orchard in the world but other countries also have many large mangosteen orchards.

Visiting a mangosteen orchard

In many country sides of southeast Asian countries, you can often arrange to visit a mangosteen orchard. There, you will find many mangosteen trees bearing reddish or purplish fruits high on tall branches. You can walk to the mangosteen trees and see how beautiful they are. Sometimes, you can even pick the mangosteen fruit yourself. Otherwise, there will be someone to pick for you so that you can see what a mangosteen fruit looks like that is just picked off of a tree.

A raw mangosteen fruit is still green on the outside whereas a ripe mangosteen fruit is purple on the outside.

In the US, you may never see a mangosteen tree although people say that mangosteen trees are beautiful. A mangosteen tree is a tropical evergreen tree, small but quite tall, that is found largely throughout southeast Asia. There are fields and fields of mangosteen trees in many parts of Thailand, for example.

Origin of Mangosteen Some believe that the origin of mangosteen is the Sunda Islands and the Moluccas. Mangosteen trees are native to Malaysia and Indonesia but many other southeast Asian countries now grow mangosteen trees. How tall is a mangosteen tree? The tree can be as tall as 25 meters. In general, a mangosteen tree ranges from 7 to 25 m (20-80 ft) tall. When is the mangosteen season? Mangosteen is a seasonal fruit. Mangosteen fruits are in season in summer and autumn.

Is a mangosteen tree easy to grow?

A mangosteen tree is not easy to grow. They are slow growing and difficult to propagate. The climate and soil have to be just right to grow good mangosteen trees bearing delicious mangosteen fruit.

Mangosteen orchards

When visiting countries in southeast Asia, you can find a way to visit a mangosteen orchard which is usually one of many in that country.