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Taxon:  Dimocarpus longan Lour.



Summary
Genus:
Dimocarpus
Family:
Sapindaceae
Subfamily:
Sapindoideae
Nomen number:
14131
Place of publication:
Fl. cochinch. 1:233. 1790
Verified:
11/01/1985 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Dimocarpus longan Lour. subsp. longan (0 active accession[s])
Dimocarpus longan Lour. subsp. malesianus Leenh. (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Euphoria longana Lam.
Nephelium longana (Lam.) Cambess.
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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
  2. Committee on Stabilization. 1975. Report of the standing committee on stabilization of specific names. Taxon 24:173.
  3. Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
  4. Fosberg, F. R. et al. 1979-1982. Geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae/ Pteridophyta and Gymnospermae.
  5. Hackett, C. & J. Carolane. 1982. Edible Horticultural Crops Academic Press.
  6. Kunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption
  7. Leenhouts, P. W. 1971. A revision of Dimocarpus (Sapindaceae). Blumea 19:122.
  8. Lin, T. et al. 2005. Genetic diversity of Dimocarpus longan in China revealed by AFLP markers and partial rbcL gene sequences. Sci. Hort. 103:489-498.
  9. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
  10. Matthew, K. M. 1983. The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic.
  11. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
  12. Missouri Botanical Garden. Flora of China Checklist (on-line resource).
  13. Personal Care Products Council. INCI
  14. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  15. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  16. Reichel, S. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. German common names
  17. Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
  18. Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds. 1991. Edible fruits and nuts. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 2:149. Note: two subspecies and four varieties
  19. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Common names
English
longan –
French
longanier –
oeil de dragon –
German
Longanbaum –
Longanbeere –
Malay
mata kucing –
Spanish
longán –
Swedish
longan –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangdong Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaCambodia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaLaos  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  
2Cultivated    also cult.
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateChinaChinaFujian Sheng 
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuizhou Sheng 
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateChinaChinaSichuan Sheng 
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalPapuasiaPapua New Guinea  
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Guangdong Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Yunnan Sheng]
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Sri Lanka
  • INDO-CHINA: Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Cultivated

  • REGION:
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Fujian Sheng, Guizhou Sheng, Sichuan Sheng]
  • EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
  • PAPUASIA: Papua New Guinea
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodbeverage basefide Pl Res SEAs 2:146. 1991Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds. 1991. Edible fruits and nuts. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 2:149. Note: two subspecies and four varieties
Human foodfruitfide Pl Res SEAs 2:146. 1991Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds. 1991. Edible fruits and nuts. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 2:149. Note: two subspecies and four varieties
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=14131. Accessed 8 May 2025.