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One of the most famous of tropical fruits the mangosteen, Garcinia mangostana. It is one of the most sought after fruits in the world. Especially by those not living in the fruits specific native regions. It’s known by a plethora of names around the world: mangostan; mangostanier, mangoustanier, mangouste, mangostier, mangostao, mangosta, mangusta, manggis, manggistan, mang cut, mesetor, semetah, or sementah;and mangostan. So many wonderful names for such a wonderful fruit!

This fruit is very fragile in its growth needs and must be grown in an ultra-tropical environment. Its strict temperature range is 40º F to 100º F.  Either side of these temperatures will cause damage and death to the plant.

Here is a Calorie Break down in nutritional information on the edible portion of the fruit.

Just recently we have located a website that imports Mangosteens but have yet to be able to confirm it as there are many restrictions in place to regulate the importation of the fruit due to increased fear of exposing US crops to the Asian Fruit Fly.  We will keep you posted when we can confirm that they can be imported through Seattle.