Nephelium juglandifolium (PROSEA)
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Nephelium juglandifolium Blume
- Family: Sapindaceae
Synonyms
Nephelium tuberculatum Radlk.
Vernacular names
- Indonesia: lungsir, lengsar (Java).
Distribution
Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java.
Uses
The sarcotesta around the seed is edible.
Observations
Tree, up to 30 m tall with trunk diameter up to 90 cm. Leaves (1-)3-7-jugate. Fruit a slightly flattened ellipsoid capsule, 3.5-5 cm × 2.5 cm × 2 cm, glabrous, coarsely tuberculate, warts up to 4 mm tall and arranged in longitudinal rows, waxy, light green. In rain forest and open jungle, up to 650 m altitude.
Selected sources
3, 49.
