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The '''longan''' is similar to the related [[lychee]] or [[rambutan]] but with a less textured and thinner "shell". Taste and texture are similar to lychee but not as juicy.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 12:11, 4 November 2017

Longan
Longan tree at Pine Island Nursery.jpg
Dimocarpus longan fruits.jpg
Longan fruit
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Dimocarpus
Species:
D. longan
Binomial name
Dimocarpus longan
Synonyms[2]
  • Dimocarpus undulatus Wight
  • Euphoria cinerea (Turcz.) Radlk.
  • Euphoria glabra Blume
  • Euphoria gracilis Radlk.
  • Euphoria leichhardtii Benth.
  • Euphoria longan (Lour.) Steud.
  • Euphoria longana Lam.
  • Euphoria malaiensis (Griff.) Radlk.
  • Euphoria microcarpa Radlk.
  • Euphoria nephelioides Radlk.
  • Euphoria verruculosa Salisb.
  • Nephelium longan (Lour.) Hook.
  • Nephelium longana Cambess.

The longan is similar to the related lychee or rambutan but with a less textured and thinner "shell". Taste and texture are similar to lychee but not as juicy.

References

Acknowledgements

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