naturalizedClusiaceae
Garcinia mangostana
Mangosteen
Naturalized (non-native)non-native
Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.
The purple mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana), known simply as mangosteen, is a tropical evergreen tree believed to have originated in the Sunda Islands and the Moluccas of Indonesia. It grows mainly in Southeast Asia, southwest India and other tropical areas such as Puerto Rico and Florida, where the tree has been introduced. The tree grows from 6 to 25 m (19.7 to 82.0 ft) tall. The fruit of the mangosteen is sweet and tangy, juicy, somewhat fibrous, with fluid-filled...
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Where documented · 26 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 27 · GBIF 2 records
Ponahawai · HawaiʻiiNat 2
Aleamai · HawaiʻiiNat 2
East Makaīwa · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hanamāʻulu · KauaʻiiNat 1
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 1
ʻAliomanu · KauaʻiiNat 1
Waiakoa · MauiiNat 1
Keauhou 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 1
Honopou · MauiiNat 1
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 1
Kaʻakepa · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Honomū, Kuhua · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Hōlualoa 1-2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Wailuku · MauiiNat 1
ʻIole · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 1
Honomainoa · HawaiʻiiNat 1
ʻŌlaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 1
ʻĀinakea · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Waiākea · HawaiʻiGBIF 1