Nephelium hypoleucum Kurz

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Sapindaceae > Nephelium

Characteristics

Tree, up to 30 m high, dbh up to 1.40 m, or rarely shrub. Twigs 2.5-8 mm in diam., glabrous or puberulous and early glabrescent. Leaves 1-4(-5)-jugate; petiole 3-16 cm long, 1-3 mm thick, terete to semiterete; axes fairly densely puberulous, early to late glabrescent; petiolules (3—)5—11 mm long, above grooved, with or without a median rib. Leaflets ovate, rarely elliptic, 6.5-30 by 2-8 cm, index (1.5-)2-3(-4.5), stiff-pergamentaceous, above glabrous or sparsely minutely hairy on the basal part of the midrib, beneath fairly densely minutely sericeous to glabrous; domatia common to sometimes absent; base rounded to acute; sides slightly curved to often straight; margin often repand; apex obtuse to acute; midrib above prominulous to sunken, nerves 0.75-3 cm apart, above prominulous to flat, intercalated veins often well developed, reticulum rather fine, above mostly slightly more raised than beneath. Inflorescences terminal and in the upper leaf axils; male and female flowers sometimes in the same inflorescence. Sepals slightly (to halfway up connate), 1.3-2.6 mm long. Petals either absent or up to 6, spathulate o r not, 1.4-2 mm long, on both sides woolly. Disc glabrous. Stamens 7-10. Ovary 2-(or 3-) celled. Fruits ellipsoid, 2-3 by 1.5-2.25 cm, rather densely warty, the warts pyramidal or linear, up to 1.5 mm high, acute, glabrous; wall coriaceous, c. 0.5 mm thick.
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A tree 10-25 m tall. The trunk can be 1.4 m across. There can be buttresses 1.5 m tall. The leaves have 1-4 leaflets. The leaf stalk is 3-16 cm long. The leaflets are 6.5-30 cm long by 2-8 cm wide. The flowering stalks are at the ends of branches or in the axils of leaves. The male and female flowers can be in the same flowering group. The fruit is 2-3 cm long by 1.5-2 cm wide. It is densely warty. It is red.
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Sexuality monoecy
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Mature height (meter) 30.0
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Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in dense forests on plains and low hills.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

The ripe fruit are eaten.
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Edible fruits
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Cultivation

Plants are grown from seed.
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Images

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Distribution

Nephelium hypoleucum world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Conservation status

Nephelium hypoleucum threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:783829-1
WFO ID wfo-0000381273
COL ID 6S8XC
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Synonyms

Nephelium hypoleucum Xerospermum laoticum Xerospermum cochinchinense Nephelium cochinchinense