The housing of the fruit is fairly hard, typically 4-6 cm in diameter. Cutting through the shell, one finds a white, fleshy fruit 3-5 cm in dimension. Depending on over all size and ripeness, there may or may not be pits on the inside segments of the fruit. Range of fruit pods is directly springing out of the regarding petals to the bottom of the shell. Mostly a mangosteen has 5 fruits (round up f