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
rambutan English
Rambutanbaum German
litchi chevelu French
ramboutan French
ramustan Spanish
rambootan Dutch