Nephelium

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 {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Common name !! Distribution |- | ||Nephelium aculeatum || Rambutan-utan ||Borneo (Sabah) |- | ||Nephelium chryseum || ||China, Borneo, the Philippines, and Vietnam |- | ||Nephelium compressum || ||Borneo |- | ||Nephelium costatum || ||Malaysia |- | ||Nephelium cuspidatum || Lotong, sibau||Borneo |- | ||Nephelium daedaleum || || Borneo |- | ||Nephelium hamulatum || ||Peninsular Malaysia |- | ||Nephelium havilandii || ||Borneo (Sarawak) |- |120px ||Nephelium hypoleucum || Korlan || Indo-China to Peninsula Malaysia (Kedah) |- | ||Nephelium juglandifolium || ||Peninsula Malaysia to western Jawa |- |120px ||Nephelium lappaceum || Rambutan || Thailand to western Malesia |- | ||Nephelium laurinum || ||Peninsula Thailand to western Malesia |- | ||Nephelium macrophyllum || ||Borneo |- | ||Nephelium maingayi || Redan ||Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo |- | ||Nephelium meduseum || ||Borneo |- | ||Nephelium malaiense || || Philippines |- | ||Nephelium melanomiscum || || Southern Indochina to Peninsula Malaysia |- | ||Nephelium melliferum || ||Southern Indochina to Peninsula Malaysia |- | ||Nephelium papillatum || || Borneo (Sabah) |- |120px ||Nephelium ramboutan-ake || Kapulasan ||Peninsular Malaysia |- | ||Nephelium reticulatum || ||Borneo |- | ||Nephelium subfalcatum || ||Western Malesia |- | ||Nephelium toong || ||Indochina |- | ||Nephelium topengii || ||Hainan |- | ||Nephelium uncinatum || || Nicobar Islands to western Malesia |- |120px ||Nephelium xerospermoides || Hairless rambutan || Vietnam |-