Mangosteen refers to the fruit mangosteen.

Mangosteen. Mangosteen alias mangosteen is one of the tropical fruits. The mangosteen, also known as the purple mangosteen, is a tropical evergreen tree with edible fruits that is native to tropical regions around the Indian Ocean.

Its origin is uncertain due to widespread prehistoric cultivation. It grows primarily in Southeast Asia, southwestern India, and other tropical regions such as Colombia and Puerto Rico, where the tree has been introduced.

The mangosteen's fruits are sweet, tart, juicy, somewhat fibrous, with fluid-filled vesicles (like the pulp of citrus fruits), and an inedible, deep reddish-purple rind (exocarp) when ripe. In each fruit, the aromatic edible pulp that surrounds each seed is the endocarp, the inner layer of the ovary, of the plant. The seeds are similar in size and shape to almonds.

Tips for selecting mangosteen

1, pinch

Selecting mangosteen should be pinched by hand to pinch the husk, in which freshly picked mangosteen pinched with the hand, it will present a slightly hard soft state, and pinch the husk will quickly return to its original state, and the aging or stored for a long time of mangosteen, pinch it to be hard, and flexible. The old or long-stored mangosteen will recover quickly, while the old or long-stored mangosteen will be hard and less elastic when pinched, and will not recover.

2, look at the leaves

Select the mangosteen to observe the color of the leaves and the state of health, which is better, more fresh mangosteen leaves are green or lime green, under the leaves are cleaner, while the poor quality of the mangosteen leaves are brown or yellowish-brown, under the leaves are long with a small insect.

3, look at the shape

Mangosteen can look at the shape of the selection, mangosteen shell on the number of flaps corresponds to the number of flaps is the flesh of the flap, which flaps the more the number of mangosteens, the more the flesh, the better the quality, and the fewer flaps the more the number of mangosteens, the less the flesh, the poorer the quality.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - Mangosteen Persimmon