Garcinia prainiana

Garcinia prainiana, known as the button mangosteen or cherapu is a species of Garcinia. It has a flavor similar to, but distinct from, its cousin, the purple mangosteen, with an interesting taste some have compared to a tangerine, but unlike its cousin, it has a tissue-thin skin rather than a hard rind, making it much easier to eat out-of-hand. Also unlike the purple mangosteen, it can be grown in a container. The fruit is cultivated in Southeast Asia, by a few backyard growers in South Florida, and at the Whitman Tropical Fruit Pavilion at Florida's Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden. It is a native of Malaysia and Thailand. The tree is small or medium-sized.Systematic Pomology (Vol. 1-2) (Set)By O.P. Pareek, Suneel Sharma It was featured in Malaysian 30 cents stamp, printed in 21-Feb-1999.Katalog setem : Setem › Rare Fruits of Malaysia. Garcinia prainiana

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