Sapindaceae FAMILY

Dimocarpus longan malesianus

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Dimocarpus longan malesianus is sometimes a shrub, but more commonly an evergreen tree, usually growing up to 30 metres tall, exceptionally to 40 metres[ 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet ]. The bole is usually up to 30cm in diameter, occasionally to 80cm, with buttresses up to 2 metres tall[ 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet ]. This is a form of the much better known longan. Whilst the longan does not fruit well at low elevations in the tropics, this subspecies is much better adapted to the lowland tropics. The plant is sometimes cultivated as a fruit crop[ 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines.

HabitatPrimary, more rarely secondary forests, often on slopes, on ridges, along river banks etc. On a variety of soils: basic, acid, sandy, clayey, usually dry, sometimes marshy; at elevations from near sea level to 200 metres, occasionally to 600 metres[ 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet ].