Chapter 1
The anatomy of the queen
Chapter 2
The royal rumor and the border patrol
Chapter 3
Yin, yang, and the ultimate fruit fights
Chapter 4
Growing the ungrowable
YOUR GOAL
Master of The secret life of the mangosteen
Ch 1 · The anatomy of the queen
alicecooks Mangosteen Fruit Anatomy
Count the wooden petals on the bottom of her skin, To see how many sweet segments hide deep within.
alicecooks Seeds developing without fertilization produce perfect genetic replicas of the wild ancestor, leaving the entire purple mangosteen population
alicecooks An oil painting shows the tough, purple rind of a sliced mangosteen fruit
Fun Fact
Mangosteen math: The petal-like woody lobes on the bottom of a mangosteen always match the exact number of white fruit segments inside.
Glossary
stigma (noun)
The part of a pistil that receives the pollen during pollination. On the mangosteen, these woody bottom lobes reveal the exact number of edible segments hidden inside.
The part of a pistil that receives the pollen during pollination. On the mangosteen, these woody bottom lobes reveal the exact number of edible segments hidden inside.
Quiz
What is the biological term for seed production without fertilization, as seen in mangosteens?