Product Description

Wooden Fruit: Mangosteen, the Queen of Fruits

Material: Wood, paint
Style: Bali
Size: Height 8 cm, Circumference 22.5 cm
Order Number: WFR7A

Queen Victoria reportedly offered a knighthood to anyone who could bring her a specimen in edible condition. Nobody ever managed to get the prize. It originated in Malaysia or the Sunda Islands of Indonesia. The trees require high humidity and heavy rainfall, reach 40 feet and yield up to 1,000 fruits a year.

In 1930, the great plant explorer David Fairchild, who lived near Miami, wrote: “It is so delicate that it melts in the mouth like ice cream. The flavor is quite indescribably delicious. There is nothing to mar the perfection of this fruit, unless it be that the juice from the rind forms an indelible stain on a white napkin. Even the seeds are partly or wholly lacking and when present are very thin and small.”

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