A cross between a peach and a pineapple.
Have flavours that range from strawberry, peach and vanilla ice cream. Sweet tempered with a very slight sourness. Source: www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-mangosteen.htm
The mangosteen is a type of fruit. It is used in medicines for several conditions.
The Tagalog word for mangosteen is "mangostan."
Mangosteen ink is made from the deep purple pericarp of the fruit.
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The most well known variety, the purple mangosteen is known as Garcinia mangostana. The less well known varieties are the button mangosteen (G. prainiana) and the charichuelo (G. madruno).
No, champoy is not the Tagalog term for mangosteen fruit. Champoy is the sweet- salty- sourish dried plum while mangosteen is the purple fruit which is sweet, tangy, fibrous and juicy.
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wild mangosteen =)
Mangosteen has 2 different meanings. It can refer to a tree that grows in Malaysia or it can refer to a tropical fruit that has a thick red and brown rind.
The mangosteen tree is a tropical plant. It is mainly grown in Southeast Asia. Some have been grown in southern Florida.
No, they do not taste like chicken. They most likey taste like blood vessels.