Dimocarpus

Dimocarpus is a genus of about 20 species of trees or shrubs known to science, constituting part of the flowering plant family Sapindaceae. They grow naturally in tropical south and Southeast Asia, Malesia, Papuasia and Australasia, including Sri Lanka, India, the Philippines, southern China, Taiwan, Burma, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea, East Timor, far north-eastern Queensland Australia.

Dimocarpus
Dimocarpus longan fruit
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Subfamily: Sapindoideae
Genus: Dimocarpus
Lour.[1][2]
Species

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The fruit is edible, with the longan (D. longan) being grown commercially for fruit production.

The species are large evergreen trees growing to 25–40 m tall, with pinnate leaves. The flowers are individually inconspicuous, produced in large panicles. The fruit is an oval drupe 3–5 cm long containing a single seed surrounded by a translucent crisp, juicy layer of fruit pulp and a thin but hard orange or red skin.

Species

ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Dimocarpus australianusCape York Peninsula, Australia
Dimocarpus dentatusMalaysia, Sabah
Dimocarpus foveolatusPhilippines (Luzon, Panay, Samar)
Dimocarpus fumatusS and SE Asia from Sri Lanka and India to E Malesia;
D. fumatus subsp. indochinensis in China and Vietnam
Dimocarpus gardneriSri Lanka.
Dimocarpus longanLonganChina, Taiwan, Vietnam and Thailand
Dimocarpus malesianus[3]AlupagSarawak, Malesia
Dimocarpus obtusus[3]southern Vietnam
Dimocarpus yunnanensisChina

References

  1. Leenhouts, Pieter W. (1994). "Dimocarpus Lour.". In Adema, F.; Leenhouts, P. W.; van Welzen, P. C. (eds.). Sapindaceae. pp. 511–519. ISBN 90-71236-21-8. Retrieved 5 Dec 2013. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  2. "Dimocarpus Lour". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2006-03-29. Retrieved 2010-01-19.
  3. Lithanatudom, Suparat K.; Chaowasku, Tanawat; Nantarat, Nattawadee; Jaroenkit, Theeranuch; Smith, Duncan R.; Lithanatudom, Pathrapol (2021-03-09). "A First Phylogeny of the Genus Dimocarpus and Suggestions for Revision of Some Taxa Based on Molecular and Morphological Evidence". Scientific Reports. 7 (1): 6716. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-07045-7. PMC 5532229. PMID 28751754.

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