Mangosteen, also known as mangosteen, can refer to both the plant mangosteen and the fruit of this plant mangosteen. Mangosteen, formerly known as mangosteen persimmon, native to Southeast Asia, generally planted 10 years before the beginning of the results of the environmental requirements are very strict, so it is a real green fruit, and durian, known as the "Queen of the fruit".
Mangosteen fruit size such as persimmons, fruit shape flat round, shell thick hard dark purple, by 4 pieces of fruit cover the top, like persimmons. The shell is very thick, less fragile mangosteen fruit size such as persimmon damage to the flesh. Fruit skin and hard and solid, with chopsticks to knock the "bang bang" sound, peeling its shell, you will see seven or eight cloves of white crystalline flesh, like peeled garlic cloves, surrounded by each other into a ball. Mangosteen flesh snow white tender soft, sweet sweet flavor, with slightly acidic cool, lubricating and delicious, quench thirst, hair tonic body, for the tropical fruit tree in the treasures, after the fruit of the name. Picture Baidu a lot?
bamboo mangosteen, both