Mangosteen Juice

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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.