Nephelium cuspidatum

Botanical Description

Lotong is occasionally an evergreen shrub, more commonly a tree that can grow as tall as 40 metres, but is usually rather smaller. The bole can be up to 80cm in diameter, sometimes with small buttresses[ 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. ]. The edible fruits are gathered from the wild and the tree is also occasionally cultivated in gardens and villages within its native range[ 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. ]. The fruit has some potential for commercial cultivation, producing a fruit similar to the rambutan but with a more acid or 'wild' flavour that is preferred by some[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ].