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Taxon:
Nephelium lappaceum
L.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Nephelium
Family:
Sapindaceae
Subfamily:
Sapindoideae
Nomen number:
25188
Place of publication:
Mant. pl. 1:125. 1767 "
lappacea
"
Protologue link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44260919
Comment:
a dioecious species
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
Verified:
02/01/1993
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Nephelium lappaceum
L. var.
lappaceum
(0 active accession[s])
Nephelium lappaceum
L. var.
pallens
(Hiern) Leenh.
(0 active accession[s])
Nephelium lappaceum
L. var.
xanthioides
(Radlk.) Leenh.
(0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Dimocarpus crinitus
Lour.
No images
Reference(s)
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
Andrade, R. A. et al.
2017. Rambutan seed germination: temperature and storage. Comunicata Scient. 8:383-388.
Aradhva, K. M. et al.
1995. Genetic diversity in
Nephelium
. HortScience 30:795.
Note:
abstract discussing fingerprinting by isozymes of four species, including
Nephelium lappaceum
with two varieties: vars.
lappaceum
and
pallens
Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr.
1963-1968. Flora of Java.
Encke, F. et al.
1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
Feuillet, C.
1998. pers. comm.
Note:
re. French common names
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Nephelium+lappaceum&quantity=1
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Hackett, C. & J. Carolane.
1982. Edible Horticultural Crops Academic Press.
Hernández-Arenas, M. G. et al.
2010. Characterization of rambutan (
Nephelium lappaceum
) fruits from outstanding Mexican selections. Revista Brasil. Frutic. 32:1098-1104.
URL:
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_serial&pid=0100-2945&lng=en&nrm=iso
Kunkel, G.
1984. Plants for human consumption
Leenhouts, P. W.
1971. A revision of
Dimocarpus
(Sapindaceae). Blumea 19:129.
URL:
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/nhn/blumea
Leenhouts, P. W.
1986. A taxonomic revision of
Nephelium
(Sapindaceae). Blumea 31:398.
URL:
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/nhn/blumea
Mansfeld, R.
1959. Die Kulturpflanze, Beiheft 2.
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Merrill, E. D.
1922-1926. An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants.
Personal Care Products Council.
INCI
URL:
http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Salakpetch, S.
2000. Tropical fruit production in Thailand. Proceed. Hawaii trop. fruit Grow. 10:1-12.
Note:
includes rambutan production, nutrient composition
Westphal, E. & P. C. M. Jansen, eds.
1989. A selection. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) A:196.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Yaacob, O. & S. Subhadrabandhu.
1995. The production of economic fruits in South-East Asia
Common names
English
rambutan –
Reference(s)
French
litchi chevelu –
Reference(s)
ramboutan –
Reference(s)
German
Rambutan –
Reference(s)
Portuguese (Brazil)
rambutão –
Reference(s)
Swedish
rambutan –
Reference(s)
Thai
Ngo –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Hainan Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Yunnan Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Cambodia
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Laos
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Thailand
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Vietnam
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Indonesia
Jawa
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Indonesia
Kalimantan
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Indonesia
Sulawesi
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Indonesia
Sumatera
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Malaysia
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Philippines
2
Cultivated
tropical regions
Native
Asia-Temperate
CHINA:
China
[Yunnan Sheng, Hainan Sheng]
Asia-Tropical
INDO-CHINA:
Cambodia
,
Laos
,
Thailand
,
Vietnam
MALESIA:
Indonesia
[Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Jawa, Sumatera],
Malaysia
,
Philippines
Cultivated
(tropical regions)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Human food
fruit
it is also used canned in syrup
Salakpetch, S.
2000. Tropical fruit production in Thailand. Proceed. Hawaii trop. fruit Grow. 10:1-12.
Note:
includes rambutan production, nutrient composition
Human food
fruit
the aril is eaten raw
Hernández-Arenas, M. G. et al.
2010. Characterization of rambutan (
Nephelium lappaceum
) fruits from outstanding Mexican selections. Revista Brasil. Frutic. 32:1098-1104.
URL:
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_serial&pid=0100-2945&lng=en&nrm=iso
Name
References