Mesta

A friend gave us a small basket of mesta today. He had just returned from Pahang and had bought these fruit from the farmers there. Very thoughtful of him indeed. It's the first time I have seen the mesta, a variety of the common mangosteen which is more prevalent in Penang and most parts of the peninsula. Unlike the almost spherical common mangosteen, the distal end of the mesta is more pointed. Inside, the flesh is similarly segmented, very firm and almost identical to the mangosteen.