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Mangosteen |
 | | The mangosteen tree is very slow-growing, erect, with a pyramidal crown; attains 20 to 82 ft (6-25 m) in height, has dark-brown or nearly fl, flaking bark, the inner bark containing much yellow, gummy, bitter latex. |
 | | The mangosteen was introduced into Trinidad from the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew, England, between 1850 and 1860 and the first fruit was borne in 1875. |
 | | However, in the Canal Zone, productive mangosteen groves have been established where it is too wet for other fruit treesin swamps requiring drainage ditches between rows and in situations where the roots were bathed with flowing water most of the year, in spite of the fact that standing water in nursery beds will kill seedlings. |
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