Button Mangosteen
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| Garcinia prainiana King |
The Button Mangosteen (Garcinia prainiana) is also known as Cherapu. It has a flavor similar to but different from its cousin the mangosteen with an interesting taste but unlike its cousin its skin is tissue-thin instead of a hard rind. It is closely related to other edible tropical fruits such as Mangosteen and Lemon Drop Mangosteen It can be grown in a container, unlike its cousin the mangosteen. The fruit is grown in southeast Asia, by a few backyard growers in south Florida, and enjoyed out of hand. They are also growing this plant in the Whitman Rare Fruit Pavilion in the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in south Florida.
[edit] References and links
- Kochummen (1998). Garcinia prainiana. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006.
- Tradewinds Fruit:Button Mangosteen
- Five Decades with Tropical Fruit, A Personal Journey (2001) by William Francis Whitman
- http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Garcinia.html
