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    Garcinia Mangostana: Mangosteen (Mangosteen

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    Mangosteen is a tropical evergreen tree native to Southeast Asia that produces edible fruit. The fruit has a deep reddish-purple rind and sweet, juicy white flesh divided into segments containing seeds. Mangosteen trees grow 6-25 meters tall in tropical climates with high humidity and temperatures between 25-35 degrees Celsius. The fruit takes 5-6 months to mature to its ripe purple color, at which point it is harvested.

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    Mangosteen is a tropical evergreen tree native to Southeast Asia that produces edible fruit. The fruit has a deep reddish-purple rind and sweet, juicy white flesh divided into segments containing seeds. Mangosteen trees grow 6-25 meters tall in tropical climates with high humidity and temperatures between 25-35 degrees Celsius. The fruit takes 5-6 months to mature to its ripe purple color, at which point it is harvested.

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    Mangosteen is a tropical evergreen tree native to Southeast Asia that produces edible fruit. The fruit has a deep reddish-purple rind and sweet, juicy white flesh divided into segments containing seeds. Mangosteen trees grow 6-25 meters tall in tropical climates with high humidity and temperatures between 25-35 degrees Celsius. The fruit takes 5-6 months to mature to its ripe purple color, at which point it is harvested.

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    Garcinia Mangostana: Mangosteen (Mangosteen

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    Mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana), also known as the purple

    mangosteen,[1] is a tropical evergreen tree with edible fruit native to Island


    Southeast Asia. Its exact origins are unknown due to its widespread cultivation
    since ancient times, but it is believed to have been somewhere between
    the Sunda Islands and the Moluccas.[2] It grows mainly in Southeast Asia,
    southwest India and other tropical areas such as Colombia, Puerto Rico and
    Florida,[2][3][4] where the tree has been introduced. The tree grows from 6 to
    25 m (19.7 to 82.0 ft) tall.[2] The fruit of the mangosteen is sweet and tangy,
    juicy, somewhat fibrous, with fluid-filled vesicles (like the flesh of citrus fruits),
    with an inedible, deep reddish-purple colored rind (exocarp) when ripe.[2][3] In
    each fruit, the fragrant edible flesh that surrounds each seed is
    botanically endocarp, i.e., the inner layer of the ovary.[5][6] Seeds are
    almond-shaped and -sized.

    Mangosteen belongs to the same genus as the other, less widely known, such as
    the button mangosteen (G. prainiana) or the charichuelo(G. madruno).

    Mangosteen is usually propagated by seedlings.[2][11] Vegetative propagation is


    difficult and seedlings are more robust and reach fruiting earlier than
    vegetative propagated plants.[2][11]

    Mangosteen produces a recalcitrant seed which is not a true seed strictly


    defined, but rather described as a nucellar asexual embryo.[2][9][11] As seed
    formation involves no sexual fertilization, the seedling is genetically identical to
    the mother plant.[2][11] If allowed to dry, a seed dies quickly, but if soaked,
    seed germination takes between 14 and 21 days when the plant can be kept
    in a nursery for about 2 years growing in a small pot.[11]

    When the trees are approximately 25–30 cm (10–12 in), they are
    transplanted to the field at a spacing of 20–40 m (66–131 ft).[2][11] After
    planting, the field is mulched in order to control weeds.[2][12] Transplanting
    takes place in the rainy season because young trees are likely to be damaged by
    drought.[2][11] Because young trees need shade,[2][12]intercropping with
    banana, plantain, rambutan, durian or coconut leaves is
    effective.[2][11] Coconut palms are mainly used in areas with a long dry season,
    as palms also provide shade for mature mangosteen trees.[2][11] Another
    advantage of intercropping in mangosteen cultivation is the suppression of
    weeds.[2][12]

    The growth of the trees is retarded if the temperature is below 20 °C (68 °F).
    The ideal temperature range for growing and producing fruits is 25–35 °C
    (77–95 °F)[13] with a relative humidity over 80%.[12] The maximal
    temperature is 38–40 °C (100–104 °F), with both leaves and fruit being
    susceptible to scorching and sunburn,[12][13] while the minimum temperature
    is 3–5 °C (37–41 °F).[13] Young seedlings prefer a high level of shade and
    mature trees are shade-tolerant.[13]

    Mangosteen trees have a weak root system and prefer deep, well drained soils
    with high moisture content, often growing on riverbanks.[12] The mangosteen
    is not adapted to limestone soils, sandy, alluvial soils or sandy soils with low
    organic matter content.[13][14] Mangosteen trees need a well distributed
    rainfall over the year (<40 mm/month) and a 3–5 week dry season.[13]

    Mangosteen trees are sensitive to water availability and application of fertilizer


    input which is increased with the age of trees, regardless of
    region.[2][12] Maturation of mangosteen fruits takes 5–6 months, with harvest
    occurring when the pericarps are purple.[2][9]

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