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The Last of the Mangosteens

Posted on the June 17th, 2010 under Food & Health by Papa Bear

Mangosteen aka Manggis aka Garcinia Mangostana

Few weeks back bought some mangosteens from Giant in Plaza Masalam. Ate a few of them and left the rest for Mama Pasha who happens to be another mangosteen fan. Last week, I saw the last of the mangosteens sitting on the table. So, before gobbling it up, I took these photos.

Mangosteens is not just another fruit to me. Thanks to it, I had done something that I could never have done in my life.

I climbed a tree. A mangosteen tree to be exact.

So, what’s the big deal about climbing trees? Well, I grew up in a town area where trees were for shades and decoration rather than for climbing. Most of my cousins grew up around fruit trees. While they had gone up some rambutan trees, the best I could do was wait for them to throw some fruits down.

The sweet, tangy and citrusy flesh

Then one fine day, I was introduced to the mangosteen trees. It’s not very tall and have lots of branches all over it. I made my historic tree climbing then. Until now, that was about the only tree that I have ever climbed… Kesian betul…

Later in life I realized that I have a bit of Acrophobia… I am pretty much okay if the place is all covered up such as, standing at the edge of one of the windows of the PETRONAS Twin Tower at level 68 but I would be totally shivering if I were to stand on the edge of an open, tree top, observation platform… Kecut perut….

Unfortunately, mangosteen does not cure Acrophobia… Too bad.

There you go, an entry that is not about the FIFA World Cup 2010. An entry about a fruit that one day would only be available on printed and electronic media.

How many of you have actually seen a mangosteen tree? Will mangosteens become extinct? What do you think?

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