The botanical field journal · No. 01

Mangosteen

Garcinia mangostana

The queen of fruits: a deep purple rind around snow-white segments, sweet and tangy.

Its virtues

• Its rind is one of nature’s richest sources of xanthones, powerful antioxidants.
• Dried rind has long been used in Southeast Asian folk medicine to calm the stomach and ease diarrhoea.
• Applied to the skin, it soothes blemishes and helps small wounds heal.
• A cooling fruit: tradition pairs it with the “heating” durian to keep the body in balance.

Parts used Fruit, rind