We have had two purple Mangosteen trees in the garden for fifteen years and Arpit and Anandit looked forward to the fruit every summer! My father had a special interest in tending the trees.
We continue to have a good collection of the fruit each summer. This summer it was even special as Anna in her search found the reference to the fruit in a BBC special Health exclusive.
It is a fruit now marketed as a processed food in a tablet form.
Dr. Lindsey, who went on a regular in take of the tablet before each meal shared her personal experience in the BBC write up. In a month she lost weight, reduced her appetite, felt healthier and refreshed in her mood. This tree of Gracinia Cambodia which produces the Mangosteen fruit is a buzz word among nutritionists for its rich anti-oxidant and hypoglycaemic properties.
We enjoyed the fruit and its sweet-sour taste all along! But it seems to have a larger health giving value!
The immediate thought was to have a few more of the trees as the fruit would soon have lot of added value as a food supplement !
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
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