Nephelium

Nephelium is a genus of about 25 species of flowering plants in the family Sapindaceae, native to southeastern Asia.

Nephelium
Nephelium lappaceum fruits
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Sapindaceae
Tribe:	Nephelieae
Genus:	Nephelium L.
Species
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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

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		Borneo
	Nephelium daedaleum		Borneo
	Nephelium hamulatum		Peninsular Malaysia
	Nephelium havilandii		Borneo (Sarawak)
	Nephelium hypoleucum	Korlan	Indo-China to Peninsula Malaysia (Kedah)
	Nephelium juglandifolium		Peninsula Malaysia to western Jawa
	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)
	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
	Nephelium xerospermoides	Hairless rambutan	Vietnam

External links

• Sorting Nephelium names
• e-Floras search results for Nephelium
• Media related to Nephelium at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Nephelium at Wikispecies