Lemon Drop Mangosteen

Garcinia madruno, the charichuela, is a fruit-producing tree species from the lowland and montane rainforests of Central and South America. It ranges from Honduras to Trinidad, Paraguay, and northeastern Brazil. The leaves are dark green and leathery. The fruit looks like a shriveled droopy lemon and has a similar rind, so is sometimes called a lemon drop mangosteen. The interior is soft white pulp and has a popular, slightly citrusy taste people have compared to a sweet santol fruit or lemony cotton candy.

The species was first described as Calophyllum madruno by Carl Sigismund Kunth in 1822. In 1989 Barry Edward Hammel placed the species in genus Garcinia as G. madruno. The species was formerly included in the genus Rheedia, which has since been absorbed into Garcinia, as Rheedia species are now known as "new world mangosteens".

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