Dimocarpus

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.<ref name = powo/>

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

The species are large evergreen trees growing to 25–40 m tall, with pinnate leaves. The flowers are individually inconspicuous, produced in large panicles. The fruit is an oval drupe 3–5 cm long containing a single seed surrounded by a translucent crisp, juicy layer of fruit pulp and a thin but hard orange or red skin.

Species

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
	Dimocarpus australianus Template:Small		Cape York Peninsula, Australia
	Dimocarpus dentatus Template:Small		Malaysia, Sabah
	Dimocarpus foveolatus Template:Small		Philippines (Luzon, Panay, Samar)
	Dimocarpus fumatus Template:Small		S and SE Asia from Sri Lanka and India to E Malesia; D. fumatus subsp. indochinensis in China and Vietnam
	Dimocarpus gardneri Template:Small		Sri Lanka.
	Dimocarpus longan Template:Small	Longan	China, Taiwan, Vietnam and Thailand
	Dimocarpus malesianus<ref name="Lithanatudom Chaowasku Nantarat Jaroenkit 2021 p. ">Template:Cite journal</ref>	Alupag	Sarawak, Malesia
	Dimocarpus yunnanensis Template:Small		China

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