Common name
English: Rambutan
German: Rambutan
Mandarin: 红毛丹 (hong mao dan)
Portuguese: Rambutão
English: Rambutan
German: Rambutan
Mandarin: 红毛丹 (hong mao dan)
Portuguese: Rambutão
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Sapindales (72)
Family: Sapindaceae (18)(family description)
Genus: Nephelium (1)
Epithet: lappaceum L. (1)
Synonyms: Dimocarpus crinitus Lour., Euphoria crinita Poir., Euphoria nephelium Poir., Euphoria nephelium DC., Euphoria ramb-outan Labill.
crinita => mane-like, long haired
crinitus => mane-like, long haired
lappaceum => resembling Greater Burdock, Arctium lappa
nephelium => alludes to clouds (Greek, nephos=cloud)
ramb-outan => the hairy one
Climate: tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: tree
Flower colour: green, beige, white
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