Dimocarpus
| Dimocarpus | |
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| File:Dimocarpus longan fruits.jpg | |
| Dimocarpus longan fruit | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Sapindaceae |
| Tribe: | Nephelieae |
| Genus: | Dimocarpus Lour. (1790)[1][2] |
| Species[3] | |
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7; see text | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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Pseudonephelium Radlk. (1890) | |
Dimocarpus is a genus of trees or shrubs in the flowering plant family Sapindaceae. It includes 7 species which grow naturally in tropical south and Southeast Asia, Malesia, Papuasia, and Australasia, including Sri Lanka, India, the Philippines, southern China, Taiwan, Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea, East Timor, far north-eastern Queensland, Australia.[3]
The fruit is edible, with the longan (D. longan) being grown commercially for fruit production.
The species are large evergreen trees growing to 25–40 m tall, with pinnate leaves. The flowers are individually inconspicuous, produced in large panicles. The fruit is an oval drupe 3–5 cm long containing a single seed surrounded by a translucent crisp, juicy layer of fruit pulp and a thin but hard orange or red skin.
Species
[edit | edit source]| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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| Dimocarpus australianus Leenh. | Cape York Peninsula, Australia | ||
| Dimocarpus dentatus Meijer ex Leenh. | Malaysia, Sabah | ||
| Dimocarpus foveolatus (Radlk.) Leenh. | Philippines (Luzon, Panay, Samar) | ||
| Dimocarpus fumatus (Blume) Leenh. | S and SE Asia from Sri Lanka and India to E Malesia; D. fumatus subsp. indochinensis in China and Vietnam | ||
| Dimocarpus gardneri (Thwaites) Leenh. | Sri Lanka. | ||
| File:Vườn nhãn.JPG | Dimocarpus longan Lour. | Longan | China, Taiwan, Vietnam and Thailand |
| File:Dimocarpus longan males F 070203 035 ime ed.jpg | Dimocarpus malesianus[4] | Alupag | Sarawak, Malesia |
| Dimocarpus yunnanensis (W.T.Wang) C.Y.Wu & T.L.Ming | China |
References
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Further reading
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