The Mangosteen Fruit Plant Asia And Cultivated For Its Tart-Sweet Fruit. The Mangosteen Fruit Is Highly Valued For Its Juicy, Delicate Texture And Slightly Astringent Flavour And Is Commonly Eaten Fresh, Canned, Or Dried. The Plant Is Used Locally In Traditional Medicine And Has Been Promoted As An Alternative Cancer Treatment, But Clinical Studies In Humans Are Lacking. Mangosteen Is The Sweet And Tangy Fruit Grown In Various Parts Of South-East Asia Like land, Malaysia And Singapore. It Also Happens To Be The National Fruit Of land. Purple In Colour, The Fruit Has A White Fleshy Pulp, Segmented With Seeds. In A Varied Country Like India, The Much Loved Fruit Is Popular And Consumed Under The Names Of Mangustan (Hindi), Kaattampi (Malayalam), Kokam (Marathi), Hannu (Kannada) And Kao (Bengali). The Tropical Fruit Has Won The Fancy Of Many Chefs And Home Cooks For Its Refreshingly Tangy Flavour, Including That Of Queen Victoria Of Britain. Legend Has It That Queen Victoria Had Kept A Reward Price Of 100 Pounds Sterling To Whosoever Would Bring Her The Fresh Purple Mangosteen. Mangosteen Roots Have Been Traditionally Used