Biology:Dimocarpus
| Dimocarpus | |
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| Dimocarpus longan fruit | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Sapindaceae |
| Tribe: | Nephelieae |
| Genus: | Dimocarpus Lour. (1790)[1][2] |
| Species[3] | |
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7; see text | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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Pseudonephelium Radlk. (1890) | |
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.[3]
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 |
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| Dimocarpus australianus Leenh. | Cape York Peninsula, Australia | ||
| Dimocarpus dentatus Meijer ex Leenh. | Malaysia, Sabah | ||
| Dimocarpus foveolatus (Radlk.) Leenh. | Philippines (Luzon, Panay, Samar) | ||
| Dimocarpus fumatus (Blume) Leenh. | S and SE Asia from Sri Lanka and India to E Malesia; D. fumatus subsp. indochinensis in China and Vietnam | ||
| Dimocarpus gardneri (Thwaites) Leenh. | Sri Lanka. | ||
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Dimocarpus longan Lour. | Longan | China, Taiwan, Vietnam and Thailand |
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Dimocarpus malesianus[4] | Alupag | Sarawak, Malesia |
| Dimocarpus yunnanensis (W.T.Wang) C.Y.Wu & T.L.Ming | China |
References
- ↑ Leenhouts, Pieter W. (1994). "Dimocarpus Lour.". in Adema, F.; Leenhouts, P. W.; van Welzen, P. C.. Sapindaceae. Series I, Spermatophyta : Flowering Plants. 11. Leiden, The Netherlands: Rijksherbarium / Hortus Botanicus, Leiden University. pp. 511–519. ISBN 90-71236-21-8. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28496630. Retrieved 5 Dec 2013.
- ↑ "Dimocarpus Lour.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2006-03-29. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?3723.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Dimocarpus Lour. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
- ↑ Lithanatudom, Suparat K.; Chaowasku, Tanawat; Nantarat, Nattawadee; Jaroenkit, Theeranuch; Smith, Duncan R.; Lithanatudom, Pathrapol (2021-03-09). "A First Phylogeny of the Genus Dimocarpus and Suggestions for Revision of Some Taxa Based on Molecular and Morphological Evidence". Scientific Reports 7 (1): 6716. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-07045-7. PMID 28751754.
Further reading
- Bean, A. R. (March 2005). "The Taxonomic status of Dimocarpus leichhardtii (Benth.) S.T.Reynolds". Australasian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter (Australasian Systematic Botany Society Inc.) 122 (March): 7. ISSN 1034-1218. http://www.anbg.gov.au/asbs/newsletter/pdf/05-march-122.pdf. Retrieved 15 Dec 2013.
- "Dimocarpus Lour.". Atlas of Living Australia. https://bie.ala.org.au/species/http://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2906852.
Wikidata ☰ Q1916925 entry
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