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Dimocarpus is a genus of trees or shrubs in the flowering plant family Sapindaceae. It includes 7 species which grow naturally in tropical south and Southeast Asia, Malesia, Papuasia, and Australasia, including Sri Lanka, India, the Philippines, southern China, Taiwan, Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea, East Timor, far north-eastern Queensland, Australia.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderSapindales
  5. FamilySapindaceae
Native toAndaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos
Observations recorded9,709

Dimocarpus es un género con 17 especies de plantas perteneciente a la familia Sapindaceae.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
79
With media
77
Family
Sapindaceae
Collections
A, GH
Recorded in
Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Sapindaceae
Image
Dimocarpus longan fruits.jpg
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Commons category
Dimocarpus
taxon name
Dimocarpus
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Dimocarpus
taxon common name
龙眼属
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Encyclopedic overview

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Dimocarpus is a genus of trees or shrubs in the flowering plant family Sapindaceae. It includes 7 species which grow naturally in tropical south and Southeast Asia, Malesia, Papuasia, and Australasia, including Sri Lanka, India, the Philippines, southern China, Taiwan, Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea, East Timor, far north-eastern Queensland, Australia.

The fruit is edible, with the longan (D. longan) being grown commercially for fruit production.

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