{{Short description|Genus of trees}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Rambutans by Muhammad Mahdi Karim.jpg |image_caption = ''Nephelium lappaceum'' fruits |taxon = Nephelium |authority = L.<ref name="GRIN">{{cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?8174 |title=''Nephelium'' L. |work=Germplasm Resources Information Network |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |date=2006-03-29 |access-date=2010-01-19}}</ref> |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = See text }}
'''''Nephelium''''' is a genus of about 25 species of flowering plants in the family Sapindaceae, native to southeastern Asia.
They are evergreen trees with pinnately compound leaves, and edible drupaceous fruit; one species, ''N. lappaceum'' (rambutan) is commercially important for its fruit. The genus is closely related to ''Litchi'' and ''Dimocarpus''.
;Selected species {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Common name !! Distribution |- | ||''Nephelium aculeatum'' || Rambutan-utan ||Borneo (Sabah) |- | ||''Nephelium chryseum'' || ||China, Borneo, the Philippines, and Vietnam |- | ||''Nephelium compressum'' || ||Borneo |- | ||''Nephelium costatum'' || ||Malaysia |- | ||''Nephelium cuspidatum'' || Lotong, sibau||Borneo |- | ||''Nephelium daedaleum'' || || Borneo |- | ||''Nephelium hamulatum'' || ||Peninsular Malaysia |- | ||''Nephelium havilandii'' || ||Borneo (Sarawak) |- |120px ||''Nephelium hypoleucum'' || Korlan || Indo-China to Peninsula Malaysia (Kedah) |- | ||''Nephelium juglandifolium'' || ||Peninsula Malaysia to western Jawa |- |120px ||''Nephelium lappaceum'' || Rambutan || Thailand to western Malesia |- | ||''Nephelium laurinum'' || ||Peninsula Thailand to western Malesia |- | ||''Nephelium macrophyllum'' || ||Borneo |- | ||''Nephelium maingayi'' || Redan ||Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo |- | ||''Nephelium meduseum'' || ||Borneo |- | ||''Nephelium malaiense'' || || Philippines |- | ||''Nephelium melanomiscum'' || || Southern Indochina to Peninsula Malaysia |- | ||''Nephelium melliferum'' || ||Southern Indochina to Peninsula Malaysia |- | ||''Nephelium papillatum'' || || Borneo (Sabah) |- |120px ||''Nephelium ramboutan-ake'' || Kapulasan ||Peninsular Malaysia |- | ||''Nephelium reticulatum'' || ||Borneo |- | ||''Nephelium subfalcatum'' || ||Western Malesia |- | ||''Nephelium toong'' || ||Indochina |- | ||''Nephelium topengii'' || ||Hainan |- | ||''Nephelium uncinatum'' || || Nicobar Islands to western Malesia |- |120px ||''Nephelium xerospermoides'' || Hairless rambutan || Vietnam |-
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==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Nephelium.html Sorting ''Nephelium'' names] *[http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=0&name_str=nephelium&btnSearch=Search e-Floras search results for ''Nephelium''] *{{Commons category-inline|Nephelium|''Nephelium''}} *{{Wikispecies-inline|Nephelium|''Nephelium''}}
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Category:Nephelium Category:Sapindaceae genera
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