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In Singapore: Rambutan, Hairy Lychee, 红毛丹
Nephelium lappaceum var. pallens is a variety of rambutan, a tropical fruit tree in the soapberry family. It is grown for its spiny red fruit and needs warm, humid, frost-free conditions with regular water.
Nephelium chryseum is a species of plant related to the rambutan. The plant produces edible fruit that are covered in hard red shells with spikey spines. It is native to southern China, Borneo, the Philippines, and Vietnam.
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Nephelium chryseum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
