- Avocado
- Banana
- Breadfruit
- Coconut
- Coffee
- Custardapple
- Dragonfruit
- Durian
- Guava
- Jackfruit
- Jujube
- Langsat
- Longan
- Longkong
- Lychee
- Mafai
- Mango
- Mangosteen
- Maprang
- Papaya
- Passionfruit
- Pineapple
- Pomegranate
- Pomelo
- Pumpkin
- Rambutan
- Roseapple
- Sapodilla
- Santol
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- Starapple
- Starfruit
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- Tangerine
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Longan trees can produce thousands of ping-pong ball sized fruits that are eaten fresh or dried. Here is some basic information and photos of longan, the "Dragon's eye".
| Scientific name: | Dimocarpus longan |
| Family: | Sapindaceae |
| Common names: | Longan, LamYai |
| Origin: | Southern China and Burma (but maybe also more south, south-west India and Sri Lanka) |
| Evergreen or deciduous: | Evergreen |
| Flowers: | Pale yellow flowers on upright terminal panicles. |
| Leaves: | Alternate leaves with 4 to 10 opposite leaflets. The shape is elliptic or lanceolate and blunt-tipped. Leaves are 10-20 cm long and 3.5-5 cm wide. They are leathery with a glossy-green color on the upper surface and grayish-green on the lower surface. New leave growth has a wine-color. |
| Fruits: |
Round fruits with a thin, brown-colored inedible shell. |
| Climate and weather: | Longan is a subtropical tree but it grows well in the tropics. It needs a prominent change of seasons for satisfactory flowering. A cool season of 2-3 months results in abundant flowering. |
| Pollination: | Mainly by small insects, but also by wind. |
| Height: | 9-12 meter (sometimes up to 20 m) |
| Crown size: | up to 14 meter |
| Type of soil: | Prefers rich sandy loam or moderately acid, somewhat organic, sand. |
| Spacing (close range) | 6 x 6 meter |
| Spacing (wide range) | 12 x 12 meter |
| Propagation: | Mostly grown from seed. |
| Insect pests: | The most important pest is the Longan stink bug: Tessaratoma javanica. Other pests include: Erinose mite, scales, fruit flies, aphids, stem borers, leaf eating caterpillars, flower eating caterpillars, mealy bug, fruit spotting bug, elephant beetles and fruit piercing moth. |
| Diseases: | Relatively free of diseases. Main disease is Rosette shoot or Witches' broom |
| Other pests: | Fruit bats or flying foxes. |
| Uses: | Fruits are eaten fresh or dried (after peeling skin and removing the seed). |
