Nephelium

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Nephelium lappaceum fruit
Nephelium lappaceum fruit
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Nephelium
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Species

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Nephelium is a genus of about 25 species of flowering plants in the family Sapindaceae, native to southeastern Asia.

They are evergreen trees with pinnately compound leaves, and edible drupaceous fruit; one species, N. lappaceum (Rambutan) is commercially important for its fruit. The genus is closely related to Litchi and Dimocarpus.

Selected species
  • Nephelium aculeatum
  • Nephelium chryseum
  • Nephelium compressum
  • Nephelium costatum
  • Nephelium cuspidatum
  • Nephelium daedaleum
  • Nephelium hamulatum
  • Nephelium havilandii
  • Nephelium hypoleucum - Korlan
  • Nephelium juglandifolium
  • Nephelium lappaceum - Rambutan
  • Nephelium laurinum
  • Nephelium macrophyllum
  • Nephelium maingayi
  • Nephelium meduseum
  • Nephelium malaiense
  • Nephelium melanomiscum
  • Nephelium melliferum
  • Nephelium papillatum
  • Nephelium ramboutan-ake (syn. N mutabile) - Pulasan
  • Nephelium reticulatum
  • Nephelium subfalcatum
  • Nephelium topengii
  • Nephelium uncinatum

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