| Mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana L.). One of the most praised of tropical fruits, and certainly the most esteemed fruit in the family Guttiferae, the mangosteen is almost universally known or heard of by this name. Mangosteens are usually eaten fresh as dessert. One need only hold the fruit with the stem-end downward, take a sharp knife and cut around the middle completely through the rind, and lift off the top half, which leaves the fleshy segments exposed in the colorful "cup"–the bottom half of the rind.
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