Mangosteen, commonly known as Mangji persimmon, Mangosteen, Mangosteen, Mangosteen. Small trees, 12-20 meters high, with many dense branches, opposite, and obvious longitudinal edges on branchlets. Leaf blade is thick leathery, glossy, ovate or elliptic-oblong, short-pointed, broadly wedge-shaped or nearly round at base. Male flowers 2-9 clustered at the top of branches of short pedicels; Female flowers are solitary or paired, inserted at the top of branches, slightly larger than male flowers; Ovary 5-8-loculed, style rarely, stigma 5-6 parted.
When the fruit is ripe, it is purplish red with yellowish brown patches, smooth, with 4-5 seeds, and the aril is juicy and white. Originally from Maluku, it is now widely planted in Taiwan Province Province, Fujian, Guangdong, Yunnan and tropical Asia and Africa in China. It has a wide adaptability to soil, and the early growth needs a weak light environment, good drainage conditions and a great demand for water. The propagation method is sowing or cutting propagation.
Growth habit of mango persimmon
Persimmon with awn seeds has wide adaptability to soil. Compared with clay, mangosteen prefers sandy soil with rich organic matter and pH value of 5-6.5. Good drainage conditions are needed. Persimmon with awn needs more water when it grows rapidly, and the annual rainfall 1300-2500mm in tropical areas can meet its vigorous growth. The uniformity of rainfall distribution during the year will also affect the growth rate of mangosteen. Generally speaking, even rainfall distribution is more conducive to the rapid growth of persimmon.
The early growth of mango persimmon needs weak light environment, and the shading degree of 40%-75% is most suitable for the growth of mango persimmon. Under direct light, mangosteen leaves, especially newly-pumped leaves, are easily burned by strong light. Persimmon with mango has a life span of 70 years, but it grows slowly, and it takes seven or eight years from cultivation to fruiting. Fruit maturity10-65438+February,11-65438+February has higher yield.