Nephelium
Nephelium lappaceum fruits
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Sapindaceae
Subfamily:	Sapindoideae
Genus:	Nephelium L.[1]
Species
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Nephelium is a genus of about 25 species of flowering plants in the family Sapindaceae, native to southeastern Asia.

They are evergreen trees with pinnately compound leaves, and edible drupaceous fruit; one species, N. lappaceum (Rambutan) is commercially important for its fruit. The genus is closely related to Litchi and Dimocarpus.

Selected species

Nephelium aculeatum Nephelium chryseum Nephelium compressum Nephelium costatum Nephelium cuspidatum Nephelium daedaleum Nephelium hamulatum Nephelium havilandii Nephelium hypoleucum - Korlan Nephelium juglandifolium Nephelium lappaceum - Rambutan Nephelium laurinum

Nephelium macrophyllum Nephelium maingayi Nephelium meduseum Nephelium malaiense Nephelium melanomiscum Nephelium melliferum Nephelium mutabile - Pulasan Nephelium papillatum Nephelium reticulatum Nephelium subfalcatum Nephelium topengii Nephelium uncinatum Nephelium xerospermoides - Hairless Rambutan

References

1. ^ "Nephelium L.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2006-03-29. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?8174. Retrieved 2010-01-19. 

External links

• Sorting Nephelium names
• e-Floras search results for Nephelium

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