Thai name:
Mang Khut
Scientific
name: Garcinia mangostana L.
Season: April
to September
Southern Thailand
(see entries on Surat Thani) is the home of the mangosteen, which
appears on markets in May and continues through most of the rainy
season. This delicious fruit has a thick, dark-red skin,
inside which are creamy white segments with a sweet, slightly
tart flavor; as a general rule, the more segments a mangosteen
has, the fewer seeds one will find.
A knife is
used to slit the skin around the middle, after which it opens
easily and the flesh can be eaten with a fork as a memorable after-meal
treat.
