Wild mangosteens

Garcinia spp.

fruit

Cousins of the mangosteen with yellow or orange fruits, tangy, eaten raw or dried to sour curries: bacupari and madroño of America, imbe of Africa, cowa and mundu of Asia.

Origin

Rainforests of Asia, Africa and South America

Season (United States)

all year round

Preparation

The skin is opened and the pulp eaten raw, spitting out the seeds; dried in slices, they simmer in curry to sour it.

Molecules

In small amounts, not counted Pectins · Insoluble fibers

Did you know?

In several of them, the bark oozes a bright yellow resin, gamboge, long used as a pigment.