Is mangosteen a fruit or a tree?

Mangosteen is a fruit on a tree.

mangosteen

Mangji persimmon (scientific name: Garcia mangostana L.), commonly known as mangosteen, or mangosteen, mangosteen and mangosteen. Small trees, high 12-20 meters, with many and dense branches, opposite each other, and branchlets with obvious longitudinal ribs. Leaf blade is thick leathery, glossy, oval or elliptic-oblong, with short tapering tip and wide wedge-shaped or nearly round base. Male flowers 2-9 are clustered at the top of branches with short pedicels; Female flowers are solitary or paired, inserted at the top of branches, slightly larger than male flowers; Ovary 5-8-loculed, few styles, stigma 5-6 parted. The fruit is purplish red when ripe, with yellowish brown patches, smooth, with 4-5 seeds, and the aril is juicy and white. The flowering period is September-1October, and the fruiting period is11-1February. Originally from Maluku, it is widely cultivated in tropical areas of Asia and Africa; China, Taiwan Province, Fujian, Guangdong and Yunnan have also introduced or tried planting. As a famous tropical fruit, it can be eaten raw or preserved. The red pigment in the exocarp can be used to make dyes.

Basic information

Chinese name

mangosteen

boundary

plant kingdom

edibleness

Raw food, fruit juice drinks, preserved fruits.

Industrial value

Fabricable dye

Fruit maturity

May 5- 10/0 month

Country of origin