Longan

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Dimocarpus longan Lour.
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The Longan (Template:Zh-stp; Cantonese long-ngan; literally "dragon eye"; Thai ลำไย) is a tropical tree native to southern China. The tree is very sensitive to frost. It is also found in Indonesia and Southeast Asia. It is also called guiyuan (桂圆) in Chinese, lengkeng in Indonesia, mata kucing in Malaysia, and quả nhãn in Vietnamese.

Longan Tree & Fruit

The tree is very sensitive to frost. Longan trees require sandy soil and temperatures that do not typically go below 4.5 degrees Celsius (40 degrees Fahrenheit). Longans and lychees bear fruit at around the same time of the year

The longan ("dragon eyes") is so named because of the fruit's resemblance to an eyeball when it is shelled (the black seed shows through the translucent flesh like a pupil/iris). Dried longan (Template:Zh-cpl) are often used in Chinese cuisine, Chinese food therapy and herbal medicine and Chinese sweet dessert soups. In contrast with the fresh fruit, the flesh of dried longans is dark brown to almost black.

Cross-section Description

The fruit is edible, and is often used in East Asian soups, snacks, desserts, and sweet-and-sour foods. They are round with a thin, brown-coloured inedible shell. The flesh of the fruit, which surrounds a big, black seed, is translucent white, soft, and juicy.

Related Wikipedia Links

• List of Fruits
• Rambutan
• Dragon Fruit
• Asian Fruits
• Exotic Fruits
• Pears

External links

• World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). Dimocarpus longan. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 9 May 2006.
• Fruits of Warm Climates: Longan
• Know and Enjoy Tropical Fruit: Lychee, Rambutan & Longan
• Dimocarpus longan (Sapindaceae)
• Nutritional and historical information
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