Nephelium ramboutan-ake (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Nephelium ramboutan-ake (Labill.) Leenh.

Synonyms

• Nephelium intermedium Radlk. p.p.,
• Nephelium mutabile Blume.

Vernacular names

• Indonesia: kapulasan, pulasan (Sundanese)
• Malaysia: buah mua (Iban, Sarawak), meritam (Sabah, Sarawak), pulasan (Peninsular)
• Philippines: bulala (Filipino), karayo (Tagalog), malapution (Samar-Leyte Bisaya)
• Singapore: pulasan
• Burma (Myanmar): kyetmauk.

Distribution

India (Assam), Burma (Myanmar), Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Java (doubtful), Borneo and the Philippines; also planted locally and possibly indigenous in the Moluccas.

• See also Nephelium (PROSEA Fruits)