Nephelium
Appearance
Nephelium | |
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Nephelium lappaceum fruits | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Sapindaceae |
Tribe: | Nephelieae |
Genus: | Nephelium L.[1] |
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
Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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Nephelium aculeatum | Rambutan-utan | Borneo (Sabah) | |
Nephelium chryseum | China, Borneo, the Philippines, and Vietnam | ||
Nephelium compressum | Borneo | ||
Nephelium costatum | Malaysia | ||
Nephelium cuspidatum | Borneo | ||
Nephelium daedaleum | Borneo | ||
Nephelium hamulatum | Peninsular Malaysia | ||
Nephelium havilandii | Borneo (Sarawak) | ||
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Nephelium hypoleucum | Korlan | Indo-China to Peninsula Malaysia (Kedah) |
Nephelium juglandifolium | Peninsula Malaysia to western Jawa | ||
Nephelium lappaceum | Rambutan | Thailand to western Malesia | |
Nephelium laurinum | Peninsula Thailand to western Malesia | ||
Nephelium macrophyllum | Borneo | ||
Nephelium maingayi | Redan | Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo | |
Nephelium meduseum | Borneo | ||
Nephelium malaiense | Philippines | ||
Nephelium melanomiscum | Southern Indochina to Peninsula Malaysia | ||
Nephelium melliferum | Southern Indochina to Peninsula Malaysia | ||
Nephelium papillatum | Borneo (Sabah) | ||
Nephelium ramboutan-ake | Kapulasan | Peninsular Malaysia | |
Nephelium reticulatum | Borneo | ||
Nephelium subfalcatum | Western Malesia | ||
Nephelium toong | Indochina | ||
Nephelium topengii | Hainan | ||
Nephelium uncinatum | Nicobar Islands to western Malesia | ||
Nephelium xerospermoides | Hairless rambutan | Vietnam |
References
- ^ "Nephelium L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2006-03-29. Retrieved 2010-01-19.
External links
- Sorting Nephelium names
- e-Floras search results for Nephelium
Media related to Nephelium at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Nephelium at Wikispecies