Longan
தேன்கூழாപൊരിപ്പൂവണംআঁশফল
Dimocarpus longan Lour.
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 10 m
- wide
- —
Sapindaceae
Formerly Euphoria longan, Nephelium longan, Scytalia longan
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- TreeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Indian Subcontinent to S. China and NW. Pen. MalaysiaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 9.0 m to 12 mRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- Yellow, brownRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -2 °C (USDA zone 9b)Read from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, spread, water, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (6)
- Chinese
- 龍眼, 龙眼根, 龙眼
- Vietnamese
- nhãn
- Simplified Chinese
- 圆眼, 桂圆, 羊眼果树
- Tamil
- தேன்கூழா, நுரை
- Bangla
- আঁশফল, কাঠলিচু
- Malayalam
- പൊരിപ്പൂവണം, ലോങ്ങൻ, ചെമ്പുന്ന
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, Public domain
- 3D model: Dimocarpus longan (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.