Mangostin (Mangostane) (synonyms: mangkut, mangustan, mangostan, gartsiniya). Mangostin (Grainy mangos Ana L.) from the family Gutierrez, which includes over 200 species, most of which provide edible fruits. Mangos Ana fruit is among the most delicious in the world, but cultivate it in limited spaces and, especially in Thailand, where a total of plantation trees mangos Ana take over 9 thousand ha. Mangos tan and grown in the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Honduras Despite the similar name of mango, relatives of these plants are not.
Mangostinovoe tree - very slow growing, plant with direct pyramidal crown. It reaches a height of 6-25 meters and has a dark brown or almost black scaly bark. Inside the bark contains a bitter yellow resinous latex Leaves evergreen, suprotivnye, korotkochereshkovye, oblong-lanceolate or elliptic, coriaceous, and the thin, dark-green, slightly shiny with a yellowish-green tupogo foundation. The leaves have a length of 9-25 cm, the width 4, 5-10 cm, with distinct pale veins. New leaves are pink. Flowers fleshy, 4-5 cm in width, can be masculine or androgynous at the same tree. They are located in groups of 3-9 at the ends of branches, with four sepals and four oval fleshy petal with green and red spots on the outer surface and the yellow-red - on the inside, and many techno but stymied anthers do not give pollen. Bisexual flowers grow alone or in pairs at the ends of young branches, the petals may be yellowish-green with red or mostly red border, and quickly
The fruit, crowned by a convex cup at the end of the stalk with 4-8 triangular smooth traces neb pestle in a wall outlet at the top - round, smooth exterior, size 3,4 - 7,5 cm in diameter, the color of dark-violet to red violet. Paring 6-10 mm thick, red in the cut, lilac and white inside. It contains bitter yellow latex and violet coloring juice. Inside are 4 to 8 dole white juicy flesh in fact, constitutes. The fruit may be without a seed, or have from one to five fully developed seeds, egg-long, slightly depressed, 2.5 cm in length and 1.6 cm in width, connected to a pulp. The flesh is sour, and from the gentle to distinctly acid in flavor and is known as an amazingly fragrant and tasty.
Indoor cultivation
Mangos tin - it plant. He did not defer the temperature below 4 0c and 37 oC above. Seedlings are killed at 7 oC. As a rule, requires high atmospheric humidity and regular watering. The plant prefers deep, rich in organic matter of soil, especially sandy loam, needs good drainage.
Reproduction
The so-called seeds really are not true seeds, but are subordinate embryos or fluency. In germination, the germ of a seed from one end and a root - from the other. However, the root and subsequently replaced by the roots, on the basis of developing germ. Since the process of reproduction - vegetative, the differences between the obtained trees and their fruits are small. Some of the seeds are and produce more than one germ.
Inside the fruit fluency retain germination within 3-5 weeks. The seeds, packaged in slightly moistened peat moss, sphagnum or coconut fibers in sealed containers remain fertile for a period of three months. Soak in water for 24 hours stimulates and speeds up germination. In most cases, germination occurs at 20-22 days and is completed by day 43.
Long and delicate main root and the lack of lateral roots does transplant extremely difficult. Survival of seedlings above if the seeds are planted directly to the pot than if you sow them in boxes and then transplanted permanent capacity.
Young plants require 2 years or more to reach a height of 30 cm, where they can be drawn together with a large common land and transplanted in the tub. Fruiting can occur after 7-9 years after planting, but usually not until 10 or even 20 years.
Food use
Mangostiny usually eaten fresh as dessert. You just need to take a sharp knife and holding the fruit over the part where the pedicel completely incise the skin in a circle, then remove the upper part. Slices of meat will remain in the colorful "cup" - the bottom half of the skin. Segments removed with the help of fork.
Slices of meat are sometimes conserving, but the canning they lose their delicate flavor, especially if they are pasteurized at least 10 minutes. In the Philippines mangostiny Conserve simply boils slices in brown sugar, and can leave the seeds for a more full-bodied taste.
