Mangosteen Juice

Posts Tagged ‘Mangosteen Fruit’

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.

If you live in southeast Asia, then you usually will see a mangosteen fruit everywhere. Mangosteen is very common in southeast Asian countries but not in the US and many other countries. You may have seen mangosteen juices on the shelves in your grocery stores in the US and wondered what is a mangosteen fruit and what a mangosteen fruit look like.

What color is a mangosteen fruit?

A mangosteen is deep and dark purple on the outside with green sepals and stalk on top and white on the inside. The skin (also called rind or exocarp) color of a mangosteen can range from more red to more dark purple, almost dark brown or even black.

The top of the mangosteen fruit is green. It can be any different shades of green color from light green, almost yellow, to dark green. Sometimes, they can even have tints of red color as shown in the picture of mangosteen fruit above.

The mangosteen fruit about the size of an apple or an orange.

Which is the edible part of mangosteen?

The rind of a mangosteen is not edible but the inside aril is. The aril of a mangosteen is the fragrant edible flesh that are divided into segments inside the mangosteen. The flesh aril is described as sweet and tangy, citrusy with peach or lychee flavor and texture.

Few people have heard of the mangosteen fruit in the continental United States. In southeast Asia and on some of the islands of Hawaii, however, mangosteen fruit is very common. Some people say that the mangosteen fruit looks weird with its thick, dark purple skin and green leaf-like sepals around a thick green stem. If you want to know what a mangosteen fruit looks like, below is a picture of some mangosteen fruit and its description.

Description of mangosteen fruit

What is the size of a mangosteen fruit?

A mangosteen fruit is small and round, only about two or three inches in diameter. It is rounder than apples but is about the same size. See what is a mangosteen fruit for more information.

What does a mangosteen fruit look like?

The mangosteen fruit is a purplish-brown or reddish brown fruit with four large sepals at the top around a thick stem. The deep purple skin, which is also called rind or exocarp, is thick but light that feels hollow. The skin is easily peeled away by just twisting the mangosteen fruit or cutting with a butter knife.

Inside a mangosteen fruit

Inside a mangosteen fruit is a pearly white, fluffy and soft flesh called the aril. The are divided into segments similar to an orange. See how to buy a mangosteen and how to eat a mangosteen.