Types Of Tree Species In Indonesia #29 Manggis (Garcinia mangostana)

• Regnum: Plantae

• Divisio: Magnoliophyta

• Child divisio: Angiospermae

• Classis: Magnoliopsida

• Order: Malpighiales

• Familia: Clusiaceae

• Genus: Garcinia

• Species: Garcinia mangostana

Manggis tree is one of the trees that flavored from the tropics that allegedly came from the archipelago Archipelago.

Manggis is a fruit plant in the form of trees derived from the shady tropical forests in Southeast Asia, the jungle of Malaysia or Indonesia. From Southeast Asia, this plant spread to Central America and other tropical regions such as Srilanka, Malagasy, Caribbean, Hawaii and Northern Australia. In Indonesia manggis is called by various local names such as manggu (West Java), Manggus (Lampung), Manggusto (North Sulawesi), Manggista (West Sumatera). Manggis is related to kokam, kandis acid and gelugur acid, spices from cooking spices of Indian and Sumatran culinary.

Has a compact leaf, thick, shiny, green top surface zaitu, yellowish green surface, young red leaves, short leaf stalks, contradictory arrangement, length of leaves 15-25 cm, width 7-13 cm.

The fruit is spherical, light green before cooking, becomes red or purplish red after cooking and black when very ripe.Manggis has 1-3 female flowers at the end of the stem, the arrangement of your circumference, and the diameter of 5-6 cm. petals of mangosteen leaves with two leaves of yellow green outer petals, two deeper smaller, red-edged, arched strong, blunt.

In addition to the manggis fruit is also utilized the skin. Manggis peel is used as a basic ingredient of dietary and herbal supplements. Manggis skin tastes bitter can not be eaten directly. But it has anti oxidant and other nutrients that are beneficial to health.