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Rambutan
Southeast Asian fruit / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the tree. For the cipher, see Rambutan (cryptography).
Rambutan (/ræmˈbuːtən/ ram-BOO-tən; Nephelium lappaceum) is a medium-sized tropical tree in the family Sapindaceae.[3] The name also refers to the edible fruit produced by this tree. The rambutan is native to Southeast Asia.[1] It is closely related to several other edible tropical fruits, including the lychee, longan, pulasan, and quenepa.[4][5]
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Rambutan | |
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Unpeeled and peeled rambutan fruit | |
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Rambutan fruits | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Sapindaceae |
Genus: | Nephelium |
Species: | N. lappaceum |
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Nephelium lappaceum | |
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