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Mangosteen

Written by: Aadhya Shri Paudel - 30001, Grade IV

Posted on: 06 July, 2021

Mangosteen is also considered as the Queen of fruits, and the food of the Gods, Mangosteen is slightly sweet and sour in taste. This fruit is purple in colour, it has a white fleshy pulp inside. The mangosteen is a small fruit, about the size of a tangerine or an orange. The outer shell of the mangosteen fruit is hard, but we can open it quite easily by simply pressing it firmly at the centre or twisting the outside until it breaks apart. From the outside, the fruit has a hard purple cell and from inside it is purest white. The white part is what we can eat. This fruit is good for our health. It is the source of vitamin C. It protects our body from many diseases and also heals our bodies. Mangosteens are grown in various parts of South-East Asia like Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. Mangosteen is the famous fruit of Thailand. Mangosteen is also an evergreen plant.