Saturday, March 20, 2021

Satun or Tha-htone or Thit-To Thee

 Satun or Tha-Htone or Thi-To Thee is a wild mangosteen widely grow naturally in maritime southeast asia.


The Malay people  and the people of  Phillipines call iot Setul and the English name is Santol.


The name Satun is a Thai version of its original Malay name, Setul (santol, or wild mangosteen tree).


Satun Province - Wikipedia

Burmese call it Thit-To . The fruit is similar to mangosteen but the inner parts are yellowish not white .


It taste sour not sweet like mangosteen.


The ancient races in Southeast Asia who wrote and  spoke Toranian languages chose their city names from the nature and so that there were/are Satun in Burma and Siam.