Imbe

Africa's best-known mangosteen relative is the imbe, a tree whose soft and colorful fruits brighten up markets …. Imbes come from a shrub or small tree with a dense spreading or conical crown topping a short, often twisted trunk …

The danealan, G. subelliptica, is a 30- to 40-foot tree of the eastern coast of Luzon. [...] The imbe has fruited in southern Florida, but probably it is too exacting in its ecological requirements for general cultivation.

Garcinia livingstonei T. Anders., The Imbe, Guttiferae. The Imbe has proved quite hardy and successful on the sandy and limestone rock soils of Southern Florida. The fruit obtained [...]

Figure 46. - The imbe, Garcinia livingstonei.

Trees grow slowly and this makes them ideal for pot culture; in fact, many people grow imbe as a container tropical fruit for small landscapes. Imbes have separate sexes, so this means you have to have both a male and a female tree ...

Purple mangosteen trees have only female flowers and pollen fertilisation is not required. [...] Other Garcinia species, have less to recommend them as a fruit tree; the imbe (G. livingstonei) is small fruited, has a large seed and a little sour flesh.

(Guttiferae) Relatives: mangosteen A native of eastern Africa, the imbe forms an interestingly-shaped tree and has numerous sweet-sub-acid, tasty bright orange fruits, which can be eaten fresh. It is only cultivated locally ...