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Nephelium maingayi

Family
Sapindaceae (Soapberry & maple family)
Grows as
Tree
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
Pen. Thailand to W. Malesia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Nephelium maingayi, also known as serait in Malay, mujau in Iban, and buah sungkit in Sabah and Brunei, is a species of flowering plant, a tropical forest fruit-tree in the rambutan family, that is native to Southeast Asia.

Where it grows

The species is found on the Malay Peninsula, Borneo and Sumatra, where it occurs in mixed dipterocarp and secondary forests, from lowland flood plains and peat swamps up to 1,600 m in lower montane forest.

Other Nephelium plants

Nephelium aculeatum · Nephelium costatum · Nephelium cuspidatum · Nephelium hamulatum · Korlan · Nephelium juglandifolium · Nephelium lappaceum var. pallens · Rambutan · Nephelium papillatum · Pulasan · Nephelium xerospermoides · Nephelium

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

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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