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[5] [7] In English, it is sometimes known as yellow mangosteen, [8] although that name is used for several other species as well. The tree is harvested from the wild as a local source of food, medicine or dyeing material and is sometimes cultivated for its fruit, which is occasionally sold locally. Garcinia dulcis is not grown commercially.
Mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana), also known as the purple mangosteen, [2] is a tropical evergreen tree with edible fruit native to Island Southeast Asia, from the Malay Peninsula to Borneo. It has been cultivated extensively in tropical Asia since ancient times.
Less well-known, but still of international importance, are kandis (G. forbesii) with small round red fruits with subacid taste and melting flesh, the lemon drop mangosteen (G. intermedia) with yellow fruit that look like a wrinkled lemon, and the thin-skinned orange button mangosteen (G. prainiana).
Almost 2,000 people, mostly schoolchildren from the Caraga region of the Philippines, experienced food poisoning after consuming durian, mangosteen, and mango flavored candies in 2015. [1] The Food and Drug Administration of the Philippines confirmed that the sweets were contaminated by staphylococcus bacteria, a bacteria commonly found on ...
Mangosteen juice or segments also pair well, particularly with black or green tea. Hot tea: The rind also has its teatime applications. "Because of the abundance of antioxidants, the peel of the ...
Garcinia xanthochymus, the false mangosteen, gamboge, yellow mangosteen, Himalayan Garcinia, or sour mangosteen is a species of mangosteens found from India, southern China, and Japan through Indochina to Peninsular Malaysia at elevations of 0 - 1400 meters. [2] Plants are found growing in humid forests of valleys or on hills.
Mangosteen – a fruit native to Southeast Asia which is promoted as a "superfruit" and in products such as XanGo juice for treating a variety of human ailments. According to the American Cancer Society, "there is no reliable evidence that mangosteen juice, puree, or bark is effective as a treatment for cancer in humans". [87]
Mangosteen trees have a weak root system and prefer therefore deep, well drained soils with high moisture content. Heavy soils are reported to be tolerant. The mangosteen is not adapted to limestone soils; sandy, alluvial soils or sandy soils with low soil organic matter content [1],[2]). Often it grows on river banks [3].