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Dimocarpus

Dimocarpus
Photo: Unknown author, Public domain
Family
Sapindaceae (Soapberry & maple family)
Grows as
Tree
Edible
Yes, some parts

About

Dimocarpus is a genus of trees or shrubs in the flowering plant family Sapindaceae. It includes 7 species which grow naturally in tropical south and Southeast Asia, Malesia, Papuasia, and Australasia, including Sri Lanka, India, the Philippines, southern China, Taiwan, Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea, East Timor, far north-eastern Queensland, Australia.

The fruit is edible, with the longan (D. longan) being grown commercially for fruit production.

Other Dimocarpus plants

Dimocarpus australianus · Dimocarpus confinis · Dimocarpus dentatus · Dimocarpus fumatus · Dimocarpus gardneri · Longan · Dimocarpus yunnanensis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dimocarpus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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