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Manggistan

February 14th, 2009

Indonesian: Manggistan
Common Name: Mangosteen
Botanical Name: Garcinia mangostana
Malaysian: Manggis
China: Saan Jook

Regarded as the ‘queen of tropical fruit’. A round fruit between a snooker ball and a tennis ball in size, with a hard purplish skin, that turns to light green at the stem. The flesh is white, sweet, and considered by some as having the finest taste of all tropical fruit.

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