Scars on mangosteen fruits coused by thrips are the most prominent constraint in Indonesian export of mangosteen. Most of the exported mangosteed are rejected due to scar appearance. This research aimed to study the effects of fruit bagging sanitation and sticky trap application on the scars intensity on mangosteen the research was conducted at a farmer s polycultured mangosteen orchard in Lima Puluh Kota West Sumatra Indonesia from September 2006 to February 2007. The mangosteen trees were cultured with cacao and coconut. To study the effect of bagging on the number of scars the fruits were individually bagged at different time points starting from the time of calyx falling down (0) followed at 2 4 6 8 10 12 and 14 weeks later. Each treatment was replicated six times. The experiment of sanitation (SNT) and yellow flourescent sticky trap (YST) application was designed in completely randomized designed with six replications except for the control which was replicated only three times. Four treatments studied were SNT YST combination of SNT YST and control. The sanitation was applied by removing all weeds under the canopy of mangosteen trees followed with soil tillage and fogging. The sticky trap was nailed on woody stickes and placed on 3m above the ground at four different positions around the tree canopy. Parameters observed were the percentage and intensity of scars and number of thrips caught on the sticky traps. The results showed that application of early bagging SNT TST and SNT YST were effective to reduce intensity and percentage of scars. However combination of SNT YST demonstrated the best result in reducing the intensity and percetage of scars by 32.14% and 42.82% respectively. Combination of SNT YST also drestically decreased thrips population as indicated by the low number of thrips catched after five biweekly observation. Since the fifth observation the thrips population was low (less than 5 thrips catched per sticky trap) and far below the economic threshold. The present study implies the importance of early fruit bagging sanitation and sticky trap application in protecting mangosteen fruits from scars.