Mangoustan. Natif de Malaisie, des Iles de la Sonde et des Moluques, le mangoustanier n’atteint les autres continents que tardivement. Introduit à Trinidad en 1850, puis à Puerto Rico en 1903, il gagne peu à peu l’arc caribéen mais les exigences de sa culture freine sa popularité. Ce bel arbre au tronc droit déploie sa couronne pyramidale de 6 à 25 m de haut. Ses feuilles, entières et coriaces, oblongues ou elliptiques sont de couleur vert brillant dessus et jaune-vert dessous.
Les fleurs, solitaires ou par paire, ont de grands pétales vert jaunâtre teintés de rouge. Le fruit rond et un peu aplati possède une épaisse écorce lisse vert-jaunâtre devenant pourpre foncé à maturité. Famille : Clusiacées Nom de l'arbre : Mangoustanier Floraison : Mai/juin Fructification : De juillet à septembre Dimension du fruit : De 4 à 7 cm de diamètre Autres noms : Mangosteen (anglais) ; Mangostan (espagnol)
The top 10 exotic fruits. Traveling to an exotic destination is not just about swimming in the turquoise waters or sunbathing. You also have to taste some of the cuisine and sample some of the exotic fruits of the place. For those hot summers when you need something refreshing, we have collected 10 tropical fruits you absolutely must try. 1. RambutanNative to Malay Archipelago, Southeast Asia Coming from an evergreen tree, the Rambutan fruit resembles the Lychees, have a leathery red skin and are covered with spines. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. What is a mangosteen? — Live in the Philippines. One of my favorite fruits in the Philippines is mangosteen.
A lot of people ask me, “Bob, what’s a mangosteen? “ Well, a mangosteen, as I said already, is a fruit. “Ah, it’s some kind of a mango, then? “ Well, no, it is not a mango, nor is it anything like a mango. It is not related to a mango, it’s not even the same color as a mango. I am not quite certain why it has a similar name, but it just does. A mangosteen is a deep purple color. Mangosteen The purple “skin” of the mangosteen is thick, about 3/8″ to 1/4″ thick.
What about what’s inside, the stuff that you eat? In the west, the Mangosteen in recent years has become somewhat popular through it’s juice. 6 “Petals” on the bottom of this mangosteen I have learned a trick about mangosteen, something that few people seem to know. So that is my look at the Mangosteen fruit, which is readily available in the Philippines. Post Author: MindanaoBob (918 Posts) 10 Most Exotic Fruits - Oddee.com (exotic fruits list) Squared Watermelon For years consumers have struggled to fit the large round fruit in their refrigerators. And then there was the problem of trying to cut the fruit when it kept rolling around. But 20 years ago a forward-thinking farmer on Japan's south-western island of Shikoku solved the problem. The farmer, from Zentsuji, in Kagawa prefecture, came up with the idea of making a cube-shaped watermelon which could easily be packed and stored. To make it happen, farmers grew the melons in glass boxes and the fruit then naturally assumed the same shape.
Pomegranate The pomegranate is native from Iran to the Himalayas in northern India and was cultivated and naturalized over the whole Mediterranean region since ancient times. Dragon fruit A pitaya is the fruit of several cactus species, most importantly of the genus Hylocereus (sweet pitayas). Kiwano The horned melon (Cucumis metuliferus), also called African horned cucumber or kiwano, is an annual vine in the cucumber and melon family. Ackee. Garcinia mangostana.
[edit] Garcinia mangostana Classification System: APG III (down to family level) Main Page Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Malpighiales Familia: Clusiaceae Subfamilia: Clusioideae Genus: Garcinia Species: Garcinia mangostana Name[edit] Garcinia mangostana Linnaeus, 1753 References[edit] References[edit] Linnaeus, C. (1753).
Vernacular names[edit] English: purple mangosteenTiếng Việt: Măng cụtTürkçe: Mangostan, Mangusten. Purple mangosteen. "Mangosteen" redirects here. This may also refer to the entire genus Garcinia. The purple mangosteen belongs to the same genus as the other, less widely known, mangosteens, such as the button mangosteen (G. prainiana) or the charichuelo (G. madruno). A description of mangosteen was included in the Species Plantarum by Linnaeus in 1753.
Tree and fruit[edit] Mangosteen tree A tropical tree, the mangosteen must be grown in consistently warm conditions, as exposure to temperatures below 0 °C (32 °F) for prolonged periods will generally kill a mature plant. Only the white flesh of the purple mangosteen is edible The subsurface chemistry of the mangosteen exocarp comprises an array of polyphenols, including xanthones and tannins that assure astringency which discourages infestation by insects, fungi, plant viruses, bacteria and animal predation while the fruit is immature. Mangosteen produces a recalcitrant seed and must be kept moist to remain viable until germination. Nutritional content[edit]