The main constraint is economic; with a payback of 15-19 years, a mangosteen orchard is not an attractive investment.
Before ripening, the mangosteen shell is fibrous and firm, but becomes soft and easy to pry open when the fruit ripens.
An alternative method is to eat the durian in accompaniment with mangosteen, which is considered to have cooling properties.
Other popular tropical fruits include mangosteen, jackfruit, longan, lychee, rambutan, and pineapple.
The fruit is sometimes mistaken for the unrelated purple mangosteen.
This compound is found within the rinds of the garcinia indica fruit, otherwise known as mangosteen.
Dagul explains that these contained gifts for the family back home - fruits such as "marang", mangosteen, durian, "suha" (pomelo) and rambutan.
The orchid "waling-waling" and fruits such as durian and mangosteen are popular in the city.
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