# Dimocarpus > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Dimocarpus > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Dimocarpus.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimocarpus > Source revision: 1308900065 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Genus of flowering plants Dimocarpus Dimocarpus longan fruit Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Embryophytes Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Spermatophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Clade: Rosids Order: Sapindales Family: Sapindaceae Tribe: Nephelieae Genus: Dimocarpus Lour. (1790)[1][2] Species[3] 7; see text Synonyms[3] Pseudonephelium Radlk. (1890) ***Dimocarpus*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of trees or [shrubs](/source/Shrub) in the [flowering plant](/source/Flowering_plant) family [Sapindaceae](/source/Sapindaceae). It includes 7 species which grow naturally in tropical south and [Southeast Asia](/source/Southeast_Asia), [Malesia](/source/Malesia), [Papuasia](/source/Papuasia), and [Australasia](/source/Australasia), including [Sri Lanka](/source/Sri_Lanka), [India](/source/India), the [Philippines](/source/Philippines), southern [China](/source/China), [Taiwan](/source/Taiwan), [Myanmar](/source/Myanmar), [Cambodia](/source/Cambodia), [Vietnam](/source/Vietnam), [Malaysia](/source/Malaysia), [Indonesia](/source/Indonesia), [New Guinea](/source/New_Guinea), [East Timor](/source/East_Timor), far north-eastern [Queensland](/source/Queensland), Australia.[3] The [fruit](/source/Fruit) is edible, with the [longan](/source/Longan) (*D. longan*) being grown commercially for fruit production. The species are large [evergreen](/source/Evergreen) [trees](/source/Tree) growing to 25–40 m tall, with [pinnate](/source/Pinnate) [leaves](/source/Leaf). The [flowers](/source/Flower) are individually inconspicuous, produced in large [panicles](/source/Panicle). The fruit is an oval [drupe](/source/Drupe) 3–5 cm long containing a single [seed](/source/Seed) surrounded by a translucent crisp, juicy layer of fruit pulp and a thin but hard orange or red skin. ## Species Image Scientific name Common name Distribution Dimocarpus australianus Leenh. Cape York Peninsula, Australia Dimocarpus dentatus Meijer ex Leenh. Malaysia, Sabah Dimocarpus foveolatus (Radlk.) Leenh. Philippines (Luzon, Panay, Samar) Dimocarpus fumatus (Blume) Leenh. S and SE Asia from Sri Lanka and India to E Malesia; D. fumatus subsp. indochinensis in China and Vietnam Dimocarpus gardneri (Thwaites) Leenh. Sri Lanka. Dimocarpus longan Lour. Longan China, Taiwan, Vietnam and Thailand Dimocarpus malesianus[4] Alupag Sarawak, Malesia Dimocarpus yunnanensis (W.T.Wang) C.Y.Wu & T.L.Ming China ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Fl.-Malesiana-1994_1-0)** Leenhouts, Pieter W. (1994). ["*Dimocarpus* Lour."](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28496630). In Adema, F.; Leenhouts, P. W.; van Welzen, P. C. (eds.). *Sapindaceae*. Series I, Spermatophyta : Flowering Plants. Vol. 11. Leiden, The Netherlands: Rijksherbarium / Hortus Botanicus, Leiden University. pp. 511–519. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [90-71236-21-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/90-71236-21-8). Retrieved 5 Dec 2013. {{[cite book](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_book)}}: |work= ignored ([help](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#periodical_ignored)) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-GRIN_2-0)** ["*Dimocarpus* Lour"](https://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?3723). *Germplasm Resources Information Network*. United States Department of Agriculture. 2006-03-29. Retrieved 2010-01-19. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-powo_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-powo_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-powo_3-2) [*Dimocarpus* Lour.](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:36370-1) *[Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online)*. Retrieved 28 October 2023. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Lithanatudom_Chaowasku_Nantarat_Jaroenkit_2021_p._4-0)** Lithanatudom, Suparat K.; Chaowasku, Tanawat; Nantarat, Nattawadee; Jaroenkit, Theeranuch; Smith, Duncan R.; Lithanatudom, Pathrapol (2021-03-09). ["A First Phylogeny of the Genus Dimocarpus and Suggestions for Revision of Some Taxa Based on Molecular and Morphological Evidence"](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5532229). *Scientific Reports*. **7** (1): 6716. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1038/s41598-017-07045-7](https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fs41598-017-07045-7). [PMC](/source/PMC_(identifier)) [5532229](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5532229). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [28751754](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28751754). ## Further reading - Bean, A. R. (March 2005). ["The Taxonomic status of *Dimocarpus leichhardtii* (Benth.) S.T.Reynolds"](http://www.anbg.gov.au/asbs/newsletter/pdf/05-march-122.pdf) (PDF). *Australasian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter*. **122** (March). Australasian Systematic Botany Society Inc.: 7. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [1034-1218](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1034-1218). Retrieved 15 Dec 2013. - ["*Dimocarpus* Lour"](https://bie.ala.org.au/species/http://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2906852). *Atlas of Living Australia*. - Media related to [Dimocarpus](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Dimocarpus) at Wikimedia Commons Taxon identifiers Dimocarpus Wikidata: Q1916925 Wikispecies: Dimocarpus APNI: 110490 BOLD: 360277 CoL: 45LH EoL: 72246 EPPO: 1DMCG FNA: 110222 FoAO2: Dimocarpus FoC: 110222 GBIF: 3190007 GRIN: 3723 iNaturalist: 183750 IPNI: 36370-1 IRMNG: 1071598 ITIS: 500681 NCBI: 128016 NZOR: 34f1d78c-7495-4019-905b-c212ffaaaf03 Open Tree of Life: 80781 PLANTS: DIMOC POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:36370-1 Tropicos: 40031408 WFO: wfo-4000011765 Authority control databases: National Israel --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Dimocarpus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimocarpus) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimocarpus?action=history)). 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