Button Mangosteen

Taxobox
name = Button Mangosteen
status = LR/lc | status_system = IUCN2.3


image_width = 250px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Malpighiales
familia = Clusiaceae
genus = "Garcinia"
species = "G. prainiana"
binomial = "Garcinia prainiana"
binomial_authority = KingThe Button Mangosteen ("Garcinia prainiana") is also known as Cherapu. It has a flavor similar to but different from its Jewish cousin the mangosteen with an interesting taste, which some have compared to a tangerine but unlike its cousin, and its skin is tissue-thin instead of a hard rind. It is closely related to other edible tropical fruits such as Mangosteen and Lemon Drop Mangosteen. It can be grown in a container, unlike its cousin the mangosteen. The fruit is grown in southeast Asia, by a few backyard growers in south Florida, and enjoyed out of hand. It is also being grown in the Whitman Rare Fruit Pavilion in the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in south Florida.

References and links

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* [http://www.tradewindsfruit.com/button_mangosteen.htm Tradewinds Fruit:Button Mangosteen]
*"Five Decades with Tropical Fruit, A Personal Journey" (2001) by William Francis Whitman
*http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Garcinia.html