Mazhar Botanic Garden

Dimocarpus longan Lour

Longan

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000252
English name: Longan
Arabic name: عين الخروف
Native: China, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand
Country: China India Sri Lanka Thailand
(PGR): Common

Evergreen tree grow 9-12 m high leaves  leathery, wavy-edged, pinnate, compound, leaflets 6-10 narrow on opposite pairs flowers pale yellow to white in panicles  fruit  spherical, edible, single seeded, sweet and juicy, grape-sized, in pendant clusters ripen to yellow-brown

Soil: Succeeds on most fertile soils so long as there is an abundance of moisture

Ornamental use and as shade tree. Edible fruit

Dimocarpus undulatus Wight, Euphorbia longan Lam, Nephelium longana Cambess

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Texture: Moist
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Lights: Full sun
Propagation: Seeds, air layering, grafting.
Flowering time: Spring
Zone: 10
Located in: Fruits garden

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