Nephelium ramboutan-ake
Sapindaceae FAMILY

Nephelium ramboutan-ake

Nephelium ramboutan-ake

Edibility
4/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Pulasan is an evergreen tree that is usually less than 10 metres tall, though it sometimes reaches up to 20 metres, with some specimens recorded up to 40 metres. The bole of larger specimens can be up to 80cm in diameter with buttresses up to 240cm high[ 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 , 899 Title Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak Vols 1 - 6 Publication Author Soepadmo E.; Saw L.G.; Chung R.C.K. (Editors) Publisher Forest Research Institute Malaysia; Kuala Lumpur. Year 2002 ISBN 983-2181-27-5 Description A flora of the woody plants of Sabah and Sarawak on the island of Borneo, often giving details of plant uses. ]. Closely related to the rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum)[ 306 Title Under-Utilized Tropical Fruits of Thailand. RAP Publication 2001/26 Publication Author Suranant Subhadrabandhu Website http://www.fao.org/3/a-ab777e.pdf Publisher F. A. O., The United Nations, Bangkok. Year 2001 ISBN Description A detailed report on 35 fruit species that could have potential for increased production in Thailand. The report can be downloadd as a PDF from the internet. ], this species is commonly cultivated in the tropics for its edible fruit, especially in China, Malaysia and Indonesia where it is considered to be one of the best tropical fruits[ 46 Title Dictionary of Economic Plants. Publication Author Uphof. J. C. Th. Publisher Weinheim Year 1959 ISBN - Description An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeE. Asia - northeast India, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines.
HabitatPrimary mixed dipterocarp or sometimes secondary forest; growing on flat lands, slopes, riverbanks, rarely in swamps; usually on clay, loam, more rarely on rocky soil, particularly shale, basalt, or limestone; from sea level to 1,950 metres[ 899 Title Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak Vols 1 - 6 Publication Author Soepadmo E.; Saw L.G.; Chung R.C.K. (Editors) Publisher Forest Research Institute Malaysia; Kuala Lumpur. Year 2002 ISBN 983-2181-27-5 Description A flora of the woody plants of Sabah and Sarawak on the island of Borneo, often giving details of plant uses. ].