Dimocarpus
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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.[1]
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
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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| Dimocarpus australianus Leenh.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Cape York Peninsula, Australia | ||
| Dimocarpus dentatus Meijer ex Leenh.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Malaysia, Sabah | ||
| Dimocarpus foveolatus (Radlk.) Leenh.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Philippines (Luzon, Panay, Samar) | ||
| Dimocarpus fumatus (Blume) Leenh.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | S and SE Asia from Sri Lanka and India to E Malesia; D. fumatus subsp. indochinensis in China and Vietnam | ||
| Dimocarpus gardneri (Thwaites) Leenh.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Sri Lanka. | ||
| File:Vườn nhãn.JPG | Dimocarpus longan Lour.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Longan | China, Taiwan, Vietnam and Thailand |
| File:Dimocarpus longan males F 070203 035 ime ed.jpg | Dimocarpus malesianus[2] | Alupag | Sarawak, Malesia |
| Dimocarpus yunnanensis (W.T.Wang) C.Y.Wu & T.L.MingScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | China |
References
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