Okay to eat mangosteen seeds?

[brian]

I bought a few bags of fresh mangosteen, and I end up accidentally eating the smaller seeds pretty often.  Are they toxic at all?  The seed texture is like almonds and they don't really have a taste, so if they aren't harmful I'll just keep eating them.

[Julian R]

Found this article, seems like you're gonna be a-OK! 

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11431071/

[brian]

Thank you!   

[SoCalGardenNut]

I ate a few when I was younger and I’m still here.

[Finca La Isla]

I grow mangosteen commercially and we occasionally dehydrate mangosteen pulp with the seeds and sell it as well as eating it ourselves.  We’ve always enjoyed it and never suffered for it.
Peter

[TropicalFruitHunters]

Hey Peter...mangosteen chocolate???

[brian]

Eating the seeds is a game changer for me!    I have always considered eating around the seeds the biggest annoyance with mangosteen fruit, but now I just chomp down the whole fruit & seeds at once.  I just ate two bags of them.  It's like tasty fruit + bonus almonds.

[BigIslandGrower]

OK, I will have to try this.  My assumption was that the seeds were bitter, therefore undesirable.