Maphut = Garcinia Dulcis

[fruitman]

Maphut is family of the mangosteen but i have never seen one in Thailand.

Are they nice and sweet enough to eat out of hand? I've never seen one in Thailand.

[fruitman]

So nobody knows this yellow mangosteen? Then they must be rare in Thailand i guess, i see them for sale more often recently, the tree's that is.

I grafted other mangosteens on it, will be fun if i can have a cocktailtree with different mangosteens.

You guys all have much land i guess, why not plant some more fruittree's? Especially mangosteens are very healthy and there are many different ones around the world.

[Seastallion]

I know this as luk plup. Perhaps that's Southern dialect though.

Quite pleasant to eat.

I would not have thought it's mangosteen family.....but it is indeed.

Edited December 24, 2015 by Seastallion

[fruitman]

I know this as luk plup. Perhaps that's Southern dialect though.

Quite pleasant to eat.

I would not have thought it's mangosteen family.....but it is indeed.

I see, well yes it's possible that south thailand calls them like that.

Indonesia calls them Mundu.

Strange that nobody here knows them as maphut.

[Seastallion]

I just did a search...it's not Southern dialect, but appears to be the normal name.

• ลูกพลับ

[fruitman]

I just did a search...it's not Southern dialect, but appears to be the normal name.

• ลูกพลับ

http://frynn.com/%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B9%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%9A/

That's a persimmon, khaki. Yes they are very nice but do they grow in South Thailand? I thought they need more cold like up north.

Indo's say Garcinia Dulcis is quite nice to eat but maybe they have a different variety, well i want to taste it myself. If it's not nice then i will graft something else on the rootstock.

12. Maphuut (Garcinia dulcis Kurz.)

Maphuut is in the Guttiferae family. It is believed to be a native plant of the Philippines and Indonesia (Jansen, 1991). Maphuut is also found cultivated as a home garden plant in Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries. The fruit is occasionally sold in the local markets of Thailand, but no commercial plantation is known.

12.1 Vernacular names

No English name is known for this tree. Mundu (Indonesia and Malaysia); baniti (Tagalog), bagalot (Bisaya) and buneg (Ilokano), (Philippines); and maphuut(Thailand).

12.2 General description

Maphuut is a medium sized tree 5-20 m high. The tree has a short trunk and brown bark with white latex. On exposure to air the latex turns pale brown. The latex in the fruit is yellow, the same as that of mangosteen. The leaves are opposite, lanceolate shaped, 10-30 cm long and 3-15 cm wide. The leaf is pale green when young and becomes dark green and shiny on the upper surface at maturity. The lower leaf surface is often hairy. The midrib is prominent with numerous veinlets arranged in parallel. The thick petiole is short being only 2 cm long. Flowers are borne in the axil. They are yellowish white with a sour smell. Male flowers are very small, about 6 mm. wide. They are borne in small clusters. Female flowers are larger, 12 mm wide, and with a 1.5-3.0 cm long pedicel. The stigma is 5-lobed. Fruits are globose, 5-8 cm wide with slightly pointed ends, often rather compressed and crowned by the persistent stigma. The fruit is soft with a thin skin and has a light yellow colour, which turns to orange when ripe (Figure 9). The seeds are enveloped in an edible pulp of a darker colour than the skin and have a pleasant taste. One fruit contains 1-5 brown seeds about 2.5 cm long.

12.3 Propagation

Seed germination is commonly used as a propagating means at the present time. Other means of vegetative propagation may be introduced when this fruit tree becomes more economically recognized.

12.4 Uses

The fruits can be eaten fresh, but they are sour and can be made into an excellent jam. The fruits contain high phosphorous and carbohydrate as shown in Table 2.

Table 2. Composition of Maphuut fruits (data expressed per 100 g. fresh weight) (Poomipamorn and Kumkong, 1997)

Carbohydrates (g)

12.2

Protein (g)

0.4

Fat (g)

0.5

Fibres (g)

1.0

Calcium (mg)

5.0

Phosphorous (mg)

13.0

Iron (mg)

0.4

Vitamin A (carotene) (IU)

42.0

Vitamin B (thiamine) (mg)

0.06

Vitamin B₂ (riboflavin) (mg)

0.04

Vitamin B₅ (niacin) (mg)

0.3

Vitamin C (mg)

5.0

The traditional ethnomedical uses of maphuut in Thailand are as follows. The crushed extract of maphuut's fruit is used as a relief expectorant, for coughs, and scurvy. The crushed extract from the root is used for the relief of fever, and to reduce poisoning and detoxification. The crushed extract from the bark is used for cleaning wounds (Subchareon, 1997). In Java and Singapore pounded seeds are applied to cure swellings. In Java the bark is used to dye mats.

12.5 Prospects

It is very difficult to develop maphuut for economic purposes. The fresh fruit is not delicious, and methods of processing the fruit require research. At present the only value of maphuut may be for ethnomedicinal uses.

Edited December 28, 2015 by fruitman

[fruitman]

https://www.google.co.th/search?q=garcinia+dulcis+thailand&rlz=1C1CHWL_nlTH663TH663&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=643&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwiJ9c6yvf7JAhVRc44KHar-BD8QsAQIHg&dpr=1

Here are many pictures

[fruitman]

And here's video from Australia, this guy likes them and they look great to me.

My tree got sunburn but i read they can get used to full sun.

Too bad you guys have to miss it but they are sold in Bangkok.

[fruitman]

I bought me a big maphut tree , couldn't resist it after seeing this video. It has about 10 fruits and multiple stems. There's one more for sale, pm me if you're interested. It is in BKK but didn't fruit yet. They ask 1500 baht but maybe will take less.

[fruitman]

Here is the maphut again plus some other familymembers.