Latest News
• Fresh lychees will begin shipping to customers on May 11, 2009.
• Fresh rambutans will begin shipping to customers on June 15, 2009.
• We can prepare a shipping and availability schedule to coincide with your chain store promotions. Give us a call, we can help you!
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Did You Know
• The average lychee harvest season is about 6 weeks.
• Most of our customers receive delivery of our lychees within 48 hours of picking.
• Lychee nuts are just dried lychees,not to be confused with fresh lychees.
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Mangosteen Fruit
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Those who have tried the mangosteen often consider it to be one
of the most delicious fruits on earth and thus, the mangosteen, garcinia mangostana,
is often called the "queen of tropical fruits" throughout Southeast Asia.
The mangosteen fruit is not related and is not similar in any ways to the mango fruit. |
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The mangosteen grows on small trees native to tropical Malaysia.
The mangosteen has a tough, leathery purple rind that encloses white fruit segments.
The flesh is juicy, sweet and slightly tart. The number of segments corresponds to
the number of lobes at the apex of the rind. |
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Minimum Order: The minimum order
is 10 pallets (1,120 10 lb. boxes).
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Availability: Not In-Stock
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Selection & Storage: The
mangosteen is ripe when its outer skin is slightly soft to the touch and its purple
color is fully developed. Ripe mangosteens keep well for 3 to 4 weeks in storage at
40 to 55 F (4.44-12.78 C). Longer periods cause the outer skin to toughen and the
rind to become rubbery; later, the rind hardens and becomes difficult to open and
the flesh turns dry.
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Display: Display with other
tropical fruits such as Starfruit, Mangos, Pummelo, Cherimoyas, Baby Pineapples, Papaya,
Rambutan and Lychees. |
USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference:
Release 16 (July 2003); NDB No: 09177
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Nutrient
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Units
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Value
per 100 grams
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Proximates
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Water
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g
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80.94
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Energy
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kcal
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73
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Energy
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kj
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305
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Protein
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g
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0.41
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Total lipid (fat)
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g
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0.58
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Ash
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g
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0.16
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Carbohydrate, by difference
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g
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17.91
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Fiber, total dietary
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g
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1.8
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Minerals
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Calcium, Ca
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mg
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12
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Iron, Fe
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mg
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0.30
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Magnesium, Mg
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mg
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13
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Phosphorus, P
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mg
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8
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Potassium, K
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mg
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48
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Sodium, Na
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mg
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7
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Zinc, Zn
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mg
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0.21
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Copper, Cu
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mg
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0.069
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Manganese, Mn
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mg
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0.102
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Vitamins
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Vitamin
C, total ascorbic acid
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mg
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2.9
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Thiamin
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mg
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0.054
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Riboflavin
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mg
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0.054
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Niacin
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mg
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0.286
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Pantothenic acid
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mg
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0.032
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Vitamin B-6
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mg
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0.018
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