Description of White Mangosteen (Garcinia Mangostana)

Mangosteen fruit usually has a slightly darker skin color, with a thick white meat inside. However, apparently the original tropical fruit from Indonesia there is a white skin. As the name suggests, white mangosteen does have a predominantly white skin color.

But this white color is not because the mangosteen is experiencing genetic abnormalities, but because the mangosteen fruit is indeed still young. Evidence, when the age of this fruit is old and ready to be harvested by the farmers, the mangosteen skin will change. The white color of his skin gradually became a purplish red like a mangosteen fruit in general.

This white mangosteen fruit taste sweeter, the meat is thicker, also more crunchy because the water content of the white mangosteen is less than ordinary mangosteen. This is due to the content of glucose in white mangosteen, higher than other mangosteen. Growing on moist land, with too high rainfall, this white mangosteen is also more resistant to pest attacks and can reach the age of 200 years, friends.