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Mangosteen tree Basket of fresh mangosteens. 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 usually kill a mature plant. They are known to recover from brief cold spells rather well, often with damage only to young growth.
The mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana) is a tropical evergreen tree with edible fruit native to Maritime Southeast Asia, from the Malay Peninsula to Borneo. It is grown mainly in Southeast Asia, southwest India, and other tropical areas such as Colombia, Puerto Rico and Florida , where the tree has been introduced.
Garcinia gibbsiae, commonly known as mountain mangosteen, is a species of plants in the family Clusiaceae found only in the Wet Tropics bioregion of Queensland, Australia. It is a small tree to about 15 m (49 ft) tall. Leaves can reach 20 cm (7.9 in) long and 9 cm (3.5 in) wide, and they have numerous lateral veins either side of the midrib.
Garcinia livingstonei (African mangosteen, lowveld mangosteen, Livingstone's garcinia or imbe) is a species of Garcinia, native to a broad area of tropical Africa, from Côte d'Ivoire east to Somalia, and south to South Africa. [1] [2] Flower. It is an evergreen small tree, growing to 6–18 m tall.
Garcinia indica is a medium-sized evergreen tree. It grows to a height of about 18 m. The tree has drooping branches. The fruits ripen in summer. They are berries. The trees bears a lot of fruits in favourable conditions. The fruits are spherical with a diameter of about 5 cm, with indentations on the top, on the stalk and on the bottom.
Garcinia pedunculata is an evergreen tree related to the purple mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana).The tree is endemic to the south-eastern regions of Asia such as parts of Myanmar, Bangladesh and north-eastern parts of India.
Garcinia xanthochymus, the false mangosteen, gamboge, yellow mangosteen, Himalayan Garcinia, or sour mangosteen is a species of mangosteens found from India, southern China, and Japan through Indochina to Peninsular Malaysia at elevations of 0 - 1400 meters. [2] Plants are found growing in humid forests of valleys or on hills.
When the bark is cut it exudes a yellow resin called gamboge that is used in food, paints and medicines. It can be used as a rootstock for the mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana). [4] In Malnad region of Karnataka, Tirtahalli and Chikkamagalore this is widely used in name of 'odduli', especially in fish recipes.