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Mangosteen — premium exotic fruit | Fruit Plug

Clusiaceae

Mangosteen family

Royalty of the tropical understorey — the mangosteen family.

The family

Clusiaceae is a small but mythical family, and mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana) is its undisputed monarch. A dense, port-purple shell hides snow-white segments arranged like garlic cloves. The flavour reads as lychee meets peach meets perfumed sorbet — softer than tropical, sweeter than citrus, and impossible to describe until you've had one in your mouth.

Try thisMangosteen ripens off the tree — give it 2–3 days at room temperature; the husk softens from rock-hard to yielding.

In this family

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Mangosteen
Garcinia mangostana
The queen of fruits, and she earns the title every time. A dense port-purple shell, snow-white segments arranged like garlic cloves, a flavour that sits between lychee, peach and perfumed sorbet. Banned fresh in the US for decades — eat one and you'll understand why people went to the trouble.

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