Longan; Dragon's Eye
Dimocarpus longan · Sapindaceae · 용안
Look
- Leaves
- Pinnate compound leaves; elliptic leaflets have soft hairs on the upper surface at the base.
- Flowers
- Pale yellow to yellowish-brown flowers grow in clusters 8 to 40 cm long at the branch tips.
- Fruit
- A yellowish-brown drupe (1 to 3 cm across) with a smooth or warty surface; juicy, sweet flesh surrounds a single glossy dark brown seed.
- Bark
- The trunk reaches 1 m in diameter and sometimes develops buttress roots; the branches are cylindrical with five shallow grooves.
Where it grows
- Native to
- Native to monsoon forests from Sri Lanka, India and southern China to Malesia (excluding Singapore).