Nephelium lappaceum L.

 
  • Family : SAPINDACEAE
    (Soapberry Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : REETHA FAMILY (रीठा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : SAPINDACEAE
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Nephelium lappaceum L.
  • Common name : Rambutan
  • Vernacular name : Rambutan mara (Kannada); Rambutan (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Comments / notes : Cultivated for edible fruits
  • Flower, Fruit : March-November
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Cultivated
    • Kerala : Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district
  • Native : Thailand, Malaysia, China
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Nephelium lappaceum. Downloaded on 3 June 2024.

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