The Mangoostan [Mangosteen] Plant

The Mangoostan or Mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana), also known as the purple mangosteen, is a tropical evergreen tree with edible fruit native to tropical lands surrounding the Indian Ocean from the book Voyage à la Cochinchine par les iles de Madère, de Ténériffe et du Cap Verd, le Brésil et l'ile de Java, : contenant des renseignemens nouveaux et authentiques sur l'état naturel et civil de ces divers pays; accompagné de la relation officielle d'un voyage au pays de Boushouanas, dans l'intérieur de l'Afrique australe; by Sir John Barrow, Published in Paris in 1807

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