Purple Mangosteen
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{{{name}}} Garcinia mangostana
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Purple Mangosteen
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Garcinia mangostana, Linn. Mangosteen. Height 20-30 ft.: lvs. 7-10 in. long, elliptic- oblong, acuminate, leathery, nerves horizontal and very numerous: fls. (male) 1 ½ in. diam., purple or yellow-red, in few-fld. terminal fascicles; sepals orbicular, and petals broad-ovate and fleshy: fr. about 2 ½ in. diam., dark purple with large flat seeds. Malay region.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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