Garcinia madruno
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| Species: | G. madruno
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| Garcinia madruno | |
The Charichuelo fruit or Lemon Drop Mangosteen, Garcinia madruno is indigenous to the Andes where it is enjoyed and widely seen in marketplaces but not renowned. The fruit looks like a shriveled droopy lemon and has a similar rind. The interior is soft white pulp and has a slight citrus taste people have compared to a sweet santol fruit or lemony cotton candy. The fruit was formerly listed as a Rheedia which has since been absorbed into Garcinia as Rheedias are now known as "new world mangosteens".
The fruit is not very well known outside of South America and a few backyard growers in South Florida. It is closely related to other edible tropical fruits such as Mangosteen and Button Mangosteen. The fruit made a guest appearance on the Costa Rica episode of Man vs Wild, a show on the Discovery Channel.
External Links and References
- Extreme macro closeup of Garcinia madruno
- Garcinia (previously Rheedia) madruno
- Rheedia spp.
- http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Rheedia.html
- Five Decades with Tropical Fruit, A Personal Journey (2001) by William Francis Whitman
- Lemon Drop Mangosteen photo
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