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Local name: Mangosteen (മാങ്കോസ്റ്റിൻ), Mangostan, Purple mangostan

General description(Size, commonly seen , status of availability etc.)

Commonly known as the purple mangosteen, it is a tropical evergreen tree with edible fruit native to the Malay Peninsula and Borneo. The tree grows from 6 to 25 m tall. The fruit of the mangosteen is sweet and tangy, juicy, somewhat fibrous, with fluid-filled vesicles and an inedible, deep reddish-purple colored exocarp when ripe. 

Medicinal properties

Used in traditional medicine for diarrhea, dysentery, skin infections and fever. The pericarp of mangosteen-fruit has been used as a medicinal agent by Southeast Asians for centuries in the treatment of skin infections and wounds. 

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