TRANSLUCENT FLESH DISORDER OF MANGOSTEEN FRUIT (GARCINIA-MANGOSTANA L)

Characteristics of mangosteen fruit with normal and translucent flesh were determined. Fruit exhibiting translucent flesh disorder had signi ficantly higher rind (65%) and flesh (82%) water content than fruit wi th normal flesh (63% and 80% in the rind and flesh, respectively). Spe cific gravity of translucent flesh fruit was >1 and that of normal fle sh fruit was <1. Fruit specific gravity and natural transverse rind cr acking were used to separate translucent-fleshed fruit from normal fru it. Translucent-fleshed fruit had a lower soluble solids concentration and titratable acid percentage than normal fruit. Translucent flesh w as induced in normal fruit following water infiltration at 39 kPa for 5 minutes.