Mangosteen

 It is a fruit of humid tropics and comes well in south India. The mature trees reaches a height anywhere between 10 to 25 m with a dense pyramidal crown and glossy bright leaves. Mangosteen fruit resembles small sized orange with a smooth reddish purple cortex (rind). The cortex is used in treating chronic diarrhea. Usually a single crop is produced annually, but 2 crops, viz. August October and April-June, have been obtained from the tress at the Nilgiris hills. The August-October is the main crop. Elite varieties are unknown.