What Is The Mangosteen Fruit?
The Mangosteen is an unusual looking fruit that can be found on the tropical evergreen tree of the same name in the islands of the Pacific. It can claim no relation to the mango, but its cousins are the lemondrop mangosteen and the button mangosteen. About the Mangosteen The tree the mangosteen grows upon can grow as much as 25 meters in height. When the maturing fruit is first glimpsed in the canopy shade, it is a very pale green appearing almost white. It takes up to three months for the fruit to grow larger and the exocarp to deepen to a greener hue. The fruit is edible and the rind is typically a reddish purple hue when the fruit is fully ripened. Not only does the flesh of the mangosteen have a smooth and creamy texture, it has a sweet flavor that is citrusy with just a hint of peach. It is a fragrant fruit that may have your mouth watering before you take a bite from this exotic, heady scented fruit. It is a small fruit, only being about 2-3 inches in diameter. It is smaller than
