Mazhar Botanic Garden

Alectryon tomentosus

Hairy birds eye Woolly Rambutan

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000122
Common name: Hairy birds eye, Woolly Rambutan
Arabic name: اليكترون ، نيفاليم
Country: Australia

Evergreen tree to 15 m high, 30 cm in diameter leaves paripinnate, leaflets 4-8 elliptic-oblong flowers red, petals absent, panicle 10-14 cm long capsule sessile , 8–12 mm long, 6–20 mm wide lobes 1–3 globose, hairy seed black, aril red

Nephelium tomentosum F. Muell.

Nephelium tomentosum F Muell

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Texture: Moist
Propagation: Seeds
Flowering time: Late Spring , summer
Status: Cultivated
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Tree
Plant Uses: Ornamental Street tree
Vegetation types: Evergreen

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