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Here somthing about a healthy fruit Purple Mangosteen.
Healthy Fruit Purple Mangosteen
Mangosteen produces a
recalcitrant seed which is not a true seed strictly defined, but rather
described as a nucellar asexual embryo.
As seed formation involves no sexual fertilization, the seedling is
genetically identical to the mother plant. If allowed to dry, a seed dies
quickly, but if soaked, seed germination takes between 14 and 21 days when the
plant can be kept in a nursery for about 2 years growing in a small pot. When
the trees are approximately 25–30 cm, they are transplanted to the field at a
distance of 20–40 m . After planting, the field is mulched in order to control
weeds. Transplanting takes place in the
rainy season because young trees are likely to be damaged by drought. Because
young trees needshade,intercropping with banana, plantain, rambutan, durian
or coconut leaves is effective . Coconut palms are mainly used in areas with a
long dry season, as palms also provide shade for mature mangosteen trees . Another
advantage of intercropping in mangosteen cultivation is the suppression of
weeds .
The growth of the trees is
retarded if the temperature is below 20 °C. The ideal temperature range for
growing and producing fruits is between 25 °C and 35 °C with a relative humidity over 80%. The
maximal temperature is between 38 °C and 40 °C, with both leaves and fruit
being susceptible to scorching and sunburn,
while the minimum temperature is between 3 °C and 5 °C. Young seedlings prefer a high level of shade
and mature trees are shade-tolerant . Mangosteen
trees have a weak root system and prefer deep, well drained soils with high
moisture content, often growing on riverbanks. The mangosteen is not adapted to
limestone soils, sandy, alluvial soils or sandy soils with low organic matter
content. Mangosteen trees need a well distributed
rainfall over the year and a 3–5 week dry season . Mangosteen is a native plant to Sunda Islands
and the Moluccas of Indonesia.
Here somthing about a healthy fruit Purple Mangosteen.
Healthy Fruit Purple Mangosteen
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Highly valued for its juicy, delicate texture
and slightly sweet and sour flavour, the mangosteen has been cultivated in
Java, Sumatra, Mainland Southeast Asia, and the southern Philippines since
ancient times. The 15th-century Chinese record Yingyai Shenglan described
mangosteen as mang-chi-shih, a native plant of Java of white flesh with delectable
sweet and sour taste . A description of mangosteen was included in the Species
Plantarum by Linnaeus in 1753. The mangosteen was introduced into English
greenhouses in 1855. Subsequently its
culture was introduced into the Western Hemisphere, where it became established
in West Indies islands, especially Jamaica. It was later established on the
Americas mainland in Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, and Ecuador.
The mangosteen
tree generally does not grow well outside the tropics . Mangosteen trees reach fruit-bearing in as
little as 5–6 years, but more typically require 8–10 years. The yield of the mangosteen is variable,
depending on climate and age of the tree. If the young tree is bearing for the
first time, 200-300 fruits may be produced, whereas at maturity, 500 fruits per
season are average. At age 30 to 45
years in full maturity, each tree may yield as many as 3,000 fruits, with trees
as old as 100 years still producing .
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