mangostan

Among the best may be reckoned the mangostan, which is said to grow only here and in Java.

A Woman's Journey Round the World Ida Pfeiffer 1827

{125} The mangostan is unanimously pronounced the finest fruit in the world.

A Woman's Journey Round the World Ida Pfeiffer 1827

The _mangostan_ is about the size of a golden rennet, quite round, and resembling a small pomegranate, the outer rind being like that of the pomegranate, but of a darker colour, but the inside of the rind of a fine red.

A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 10 Arranged in systematic order: Forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time. Robert Kerr 1784

Mangosteen is recognized by other names such as Garcinia mangostana L., manggis, mangostan or mangis.

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