General Information

COMMON NAMES: Longan, Lungen, Dragon's Eye GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE s.China - Malaysia - Indonesia COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Not naturalised; S.Group only (rare); Land, lowlands SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Food (Fruit 0+) KEY FEATURES: Tree to 8m. LEAVES compound, to 25cmL. LEAFLETS 3-5 opposite-pairs, long-oval, 12x4cm, above dark glossy green, below dull pale green, tip round ±notch; stalk 1cm. FLOWER in open clusters; cream-white, very small. FRUIT round, 3cmØ, dull yellow-brown; flesh thin, translucent, sweet; seed large, black.

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present    Makatea: Present
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
+	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-

Northern Group: -
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
-	-	-	-	-	-

Dimocarpus longan (Lour.)
SYNONYMS: Euphoria longan; Nephelium longan

TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); MAGNOLIOPSIDA (=Dicotyledones); ROSIDAE; Sapindales; SAPINDACEAE

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: one tree, Bertram Garden south of shed, G.McCormack & P.Maddison, 8/2005, ID from web as Dimocarpus longan, and 2 trees (fruit Jan-March) in Bermie Ariihii garden Arorangi, 8/2005; fieldspecimen+photo, Bertram Garden, in fruit 2006/02, G.McCormack.

References:
p.534 Neal - In Gardens of Hawaii
p.466 Hortus 3rd
p.370 Royal Hort. Soc. Index of Garden Plants
p.457 Tropica

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM06a, zD02, zupD06a

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