The dropped fruit looks great to me, and so did you taste it and how is it? The leaves and flowers kind of remind me of the Camellia flower tree. In Vietname I think only the far southern part of the country grows this fruits and no where else. Don't know why.

I gave the fruit to my friends, they have 2 little kids ( 2 and 4 years old). There was only the one, suggesting fruiting is sporadic as what was on the trees was still very immature. The flowers really intrigued me, they remind me a bit of Soursop flowers, flowers that don't look a lot like flowers.

Mangosteens are an ultra-tropical fruit and very sensitive to cold (and dry). I already have the yellow Garcinia fruiting, G. xanthochymus, and G. warreni which isn't good for fruit (full of seed). I was told my G. mangostana should fruit within a couple of years even though it's still fairly small (large pot size). Now that the wet season is starting I'm hoping to get it into the ground soon all loaded up with slow release fertiliser.

I love Mangosteen, but it's very expensive for the small size of fruit you get.

I love Mangosteen fruit. I think it's one of the best tasting fruit I've ever tasted. But will not even try to get the plant as it is too picky with where it is being planted and the weather/temperature /rainfull issues.