Garcinia prainiana explained

Garcinia prainiana, known as the button mangosteen or cherapu is a species of Garcinia. It has a flavor similar to, but distinct from, its cousin, the purple mangosteen, with an interesting taste some have compared to a tangerine, but unlike its cousin it has a tissue-thin skin rather than a hard rind, making it much easier to eat out-of-hand. Also unlike the purple mangosteen, it can be grown in a container. The fruit is cultivated in Southeast Asia, by a few backyard growers in South Florida, and at the Whitman Tropical Fruit Pavilion at Florida's Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden.

It is a native of Malaysia and Thailand. The tree is small or medium-sized.[1] It was featured in Malaysian 30 cents stamp, printed in 21-Feb-1999.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=-A9fDwAAQBAJ&dq=Garcinia+prainiana+malaysia&pg=PA492 Systematic Pomology (Vol. 1-2) (Set)
    By O.P. Pareek, Suneel Sharma
  2. https://colnect.com/ms/stamps/stamp/279609-Rare_Fruits_of_Malaysia_Garcinia_prainiana-Rare_Fruits_of_Malaysia-Malaysia Katalog setem : Setem › Rare Fruits of Malaysia. Garcinia prainiana