A small Bolivian rainforest fruit related to mangosteen — bright orange-red skin enclosing white, juicy, sweet-tart flesh with the citrus-tropical fragrance of its family.
A mangosteen relative
Achacha (Garcinia humilis) is a small evergreen tree native to the Bolivian Amazon, in the same genus as the prized purple mangosteen of Southeast Asia. Bolivian indigenous communities have eaten the fruit for centuries; commercial cultivation outside Bolivia began in the early 2000s, with Australia now hosting the largest plantation outside its native range.
Eating one
The fruit is the size of a small egg, with a leathery orange-red skin. To eat: gently squeeze and twist — the skin pops open along a natural seam, revealing a single segment of translucent white flesh wrapped around a flat seed. Bite the flesh from the seed; the flavor is sweet-tart and aromatic, like a cross between mangosteen and lychee with a citrus edge.
Achacha is rare outside Australia and Bolivia, but its long shelf life (up to four weeks unrefrigerated) makes it a candidate for further export.
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