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Mangosteen
Garcinia mangostana
マンゴスチン
An evergreen tree in the Clusiaceae family. Native to the Malay region of Southeast Asia. Beneath the thick purple rind is juicy white flesh with an elegant sweet-sour flavor, earning it the title 'queen of fruits'. Despite the name, it is unrelated to mango. One of the species described in Linnaeus's Species Plantarum (1753).
Identification Points
- ✓Thick leathery dark-purple rind, fruit 5–7 cm across
- ✓Large elliptic glossy dark-green leaves
- ✓Flesh white, divided into 6–8 segments
Habitat
Cultivated (tropical)
Season
May to September (fruit)
Morphological TraitsAI-estimated, needs verification
Leaf arrangement
Opposite
Leaf type
Simple
Growth form
Tree
Evergreen/Deciduous
Evergreen
Habitat
Cultivated
Phylogenetic Positionフクギ科 →
Phylogenetic Position
Angiosperms > Eudicots > Core eudicots > Malpighiales > Clusiaceae
Divergence Era
Late Cretaceous to Paleogene (about 80–70 million years ago)
Sources & References
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