Garcinia prainiana
| Garcinia prainiana | |
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| File:Cherapu.jpg | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Clusiaceae |
| Genus: | Garcinia |
| Species: | G. prainiana
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| Binomial name | |
| Garcinia prainiana | |
Garcinia prainiana, known as the button mangosteen or cherapu, is a species of flowering plant in the family Clusiaceae.[2][3] Its fruit has a flavor similar to its cousin, the purple mangosteen, with an interesting taste some have compared to a tangerine, but unlike its cousin it has a tissue-thin skin rather than a hard rind, making it much easier to eat out-of-hand. Also unlike the purple mangosteen, it can be grown in a container. The fruit is cultivated widely in Southeast Asia. In the United States, success has been found with its cultivation by a few backyard growers in South Florida and the Whitman Tropical Fruit Pavilion at Florida's Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden.
It is a native of Malaysia and Thailand. The tree is small or medium-sized.[4] It was featured in Malaysian 30 cents stamp in 1999.[5]
References
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By O.P. Pareek, Suneel Sharma - ^ Katalog setem : Setem › Rare Fruits of Malaysia. Garcinia prainiana
External links
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