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Mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana), also known as the purple mangosteen, [2] is a tropical evergreen tree with edible fruit native to Island Southeast Asia, from the Malay Peninsula to Borneo. It has been cultivated extensively in tropical Asia since ancient times.
Mangosteen: Garcinia mangostana [citation needed] Mangosteen is the national fruit of Thailand. It is also known as the ‘Queen of Fruits’. It is available from May until August. Mangosteen is called ‘Mangkhud’ in Thai language. Turkey: Sultana Grapes: Vitis vinifera [citation needed] Turkmenistan: Watermelon: Citrullus lanatus [citation ...
Binukaw belongs to the genus Garcinia (the mangosteens) of the family Clusiaceae.The first description of the correct name of the species is attributed to the French botanist Jacques Denys Choisy in Description des guttifères de l'Inde (1849) based on the basionym Cambogia binucao from the Spanish friar and botanist Francisco Manuel Blanco in Flora de Filipinas in 1837.
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[1] [2] [3] It is commonly known as mundu or munu in Indonesia and Malaysia, [1] baniti or taklang-anak in the Philippines, [4] [5] [6] and maphuut or ma phut in Thailand. [ 5 ] [ 7 ] In English, it is sometimes known as yellow mangosteen , [ 8 ] although that name is used for several other species as well.
In English it is known as the lemon drop mangosteen (a name it shares with the closely related and similarly tasting Garcinia madruno) or sometimes monkey fruit. In Spanish it is called mameyito, though it is known as jorco in Costa Rica. [3] In the Philippines, it is known as berba. In Portuguese it is called achachairu.
Fruit salad: "Mangosteen combines well with durian, dubbed the 'king of all fruits,' and other tropical fruits like mangos, bananas, and pineapple," Morales says.
Garcinia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Clusiaceae native to Asia, America, Australia, tropical and southern Africa, and Polynesia.The number of species is disputed; Plants of the World Online (POWO) recognise up to 400. [1]