Kokum vs. Mangosteen

Kokumnoun

Garcinia indica, a plant in the mangosteen family with culinary, pharmaceutical, and industrial uses.

Mangosteennoun

A tropical fruit of the tree genus Garcinia.

Mangosteennoun

(more specifically) A tropical fruit of the tree Garcinia mangostana.

Mangosteennoun

The tree on which the fruit grows.

Mangosteennoun

A tree of the East Indies of the genus Garcinia (Garcinia Mangostana) with thick leathery leaves. The tree grows to the height of eighteen feet, and bears fruit also called mangosteen, of the size of a small apple, the pulp of which is very delicious food.

Mangosteennoun

East Indian tree with thick leathery leaves and edible fruit

Mangosteennoun

two- to three-inch tropical fruit with juicy flesh suggestive of both peaches and pineapples

Mangosteennoun

a tropical fruit with sweet juicy white segments of flesh inside a thick reddish-brown rind.

Mangosteennoun

the slow-growing Malaysian tree which bears the mangosteen.

Mangosteen

Mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana), also known as the purple mangosteen, is a tropical evergreen tree with edible fruit native to tropical lands surrounding the Indian Ocean. Its origin is uncertain due to widespread prehistoric cultivation.