EPPO Global Database

Nephelium lappaceum(NEELA)

Overview
Code created in: 2001-11-09

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: NEELA
  • Preferred name: Nephelium lappaceum
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Indochina (Thailand), Malesia (Sumatra, Malaya, Borneo). Cultivated for its fruits.  Introduced in Sri Lanka, Indochina (Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam), Malesia (Java, Philippines), Angola


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Nephelium glabrum Noronha

Common names
Name
Language
rambootan Dutch
rambutan English
litchi chevelu French
ramboutan French
Rambutanbaum German
ramustan Spanish