“Mile stones”
There is al lot to tell about the history from this esteemed, tropical fruit. Among other things, Queen Victoria from England promised in 1840 that the man who brought her the wonderful mangosteen- fruit, would become a Knight. This resulted in it' s nickname: “Queen of Fruits”. After many “Mile stones” we are now at the end of the story and, finally, the launch of XANGO juice.
1735 |
The French priest Laurentius Garcin discovered as firstly the mangosteen fruit. |
1800 |
The mangosteen tree has been planted in Ceylon.
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1840 |
After queen Victoria of the United Kingdom has tasted the fruit, she preferred the mangosteen above other fruit.
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1854 |
Queensland tries to grow the mangosteen.
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1855 |
United Kingdom starts with growing the plant in greenhouses.
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1850 - 1860 |
During this time the tree is introduced in Trinidad.
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1881 |
The mangosteen tree is planted in India.
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1903 |
The tree becomes planted in Puerto Rico and in the Panama canal area.
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1906 |
The department of agriculture in America receives seeds of the tree.
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1924 |
The mangosteen is found in the wild in Ecuador by Dr. Wilson Popenoe.
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1939 |
The 'Canal area Experimenting Gardens' distributes 15000 seeds to a lot of areas of tropical America. But probably some seeds survived.
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1949 |
Dierberger Agricola Ltda., of Sao Paulo incorporate the mangosteen in their catalogue.
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1965 |
In this year there is 9700 acres (±39.226 km²) of mangosteen orchards in Thailand.
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2002 |
September: An experienced team starts XANGO. Juice is produced of mangosteen fruit and called XANGO.
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2002 |
October: The XANGO bottles are being distributed.
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2002 |
November: XANGO LLC and the product XANGO is officially created.
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2006 |
XANGO officially opens the Swedish and German market. |
2007 | XANGO officially opens the Dutch and Belgian market. |
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Research
Modern studies
In the course of the last few decades, the mangosteen has triggered the curiosity of researchers around the world. Partly because of the positive messages about the fruit in the traditional cultures of South-East Asia. The science-press now start to value the potential benefits and to unravel them more and more.