망고스틴- Garcinia × mangostana L.

과명	Clusiaceae (물레나물과)	속명	Garcinia (복목속)
전체학명	[정명] Garcinia × mangostana L.	추천명	망고스틴

추천명변경: 망고스타나복목 -> 가르기니아 망고스타나

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• Common names: ​​Purple Mangosteen, Mangosteen
• Thai names: มังคุด mang khut (General)
• Chinese names: 莽吉柿 mang ji shi
• Distribution: Native to Indonesia, widely cultivated in tropical regions of Africa and Asia.

Garcinia × mangostana species page - THAILAND NATURE PROJECT

Originating from the Malayan Peninsula in Southeast Asia, the Mangosteen tree bears fruit highly esteemed in its native region and is second only to the Durian (Durio zibethinus) in popularity.

It is a slow-growing tree to heights of up to 30 m (98 ft) on favourable sites, though it is more typically 6 to 12 m (20 to 40 ft) tall with a straight trunk and low branching habit, forming a densely leafy pyramidal crown. The bark is dark brown, lightly flaking and on wounding exudes a sticky yellow latex.

Leaves are oval, 15 to 25 cm (6 to 10 in) long, reddish-pink when they emerge, ageing to lime green then dark glossy green and have a thick, leathery texture. They are arranged in pairs along the ends of the branches and remain on the tree throughout the year.

The flowers are four-petaled, 3.8 to 5 cm (1.5 to 2 in) across, set within four thick bowl-shaped sepals, the inner two red, the outer two yellow. They are borne singly, in pairs or threes on short flower stalks amidst the leaves and are functionally only female. As there are no male flowers, no pollen is produced. The fruit develops instead from the unfertilised female flowers in a type of asexual reproduction known as parthenogenesis. 

Flowering follows the rains at the start of the rainy season, the timing and frequency of which varies between regions. Where there are two rainy season events a year, flowering follows each event, resulting in two fruit crops.

The fruit are round, 6.4 to 7.6 cm (2.5 to 3 in) in diameter and crowned at the stem end by the sepals leftover from the flower. They have a smooth, thick rind that is green on young fruit, becoming dark purple when ripe. Inside is juicy white pulp separated into five to eight segments, with only one or two usually having seed.  

Garcinia mangostana / IPlantz

 

By Ivar Leidus - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=115303438

 

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