Mangosteen is a tropical fruit, and its nature is cool. Because mangosteen is cool, you can eat some mangosteen in moderation. Mangosteen is rich in dietary fiber, vitamins and various mineral elements, and you can't eat too much food. Mangosteen is a small tree with obvious longitudinal ribs. The leaves are thick leathery, purple when the fruit is ripe, with yellow-brown patches between them, and the aril is juicy and white.

When eating mangosteen, don't lick its peel, because its peel contains purple pigment, which tastes very bitter. You should first take off the fruit pedicle and pinch the peel with your hand, so that you can eat it easily. Be careful not to let the purple juice of the peel get on the clothes. This liquid has a strong dyeing ability and it is difficult to wash it off once it is touched. It can be eaten raw or preserved, and the red pigment in the exocarp can be used to make dyes.

How to buy mangosteen?

When selecting mangosteen, we must pay attention to the color of the leaf petal below the fruit pedicle. The greener the leaf petal of mangosteen, the fresher it is. If the color turns brown or black, it means that the mangosteen has been stored for a long time and is not fresh. Press it gently with your thumb, and the shell is elastic. If the pressed place can be restored immediately, it means it is fresh. If the shell is too hard to press, it is not suitable for purchase.

Usually there are 4 to 8 pedicels at the bottom of mangosteen, and the number of pedicels is the same as that of pulp. The more pedicels, the more pieces of pulp, the smaller the stone, and some stones can even be eaten directly. Therefore, we should choose mangosteen with many pedicels decisively. Take off the big leaves when eating mangosteen, and be careful when picking them.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Mangosteen