Edible portion: Fruit, Leaves - Tea, Seeds A tree up to 12-40 m high with a low trunk and spreading branches. The tree has a rounded crown. It keeps its leaves throughout the year. The trunk can be 80 cm across. There can be buttresses 2 m tall. The bark is corky. The twigs have 5 faint grooves....
01-01-1998 This is the third volume in a series on tropical and subtropical fruits. The editors collaborated with 24 scientists in preparation of this current volume, which contains 14 chapters covering 23 fruits. Major processed fruits covered are mango and pineapple. Emerging fruit crops that are...
Conveners S. Mitra, H. Jaenicke, M. Akbulut, H. İkten, Y. Cohen Editors M. Akbulut, S. Mitra, D.H Reinhardt, H. İkten, Y. Cohen Publication date 15 December 2020 ISBN 978-94-62612-96-9 ISSN 0567-7572(print) 2406-6168(electronic) Number of articles 68 Volumes 1 Place Istanbul, Turkey
Convener T. Ha Le Editors T. Van Hau, S.K. Mitra, T. Drang Khanh Publication date 3 November 2020 ISBN 978-94-62612-91-4 ISSN 0567-7572(print) 2406-6168(electronic) Number of articles 37 Volumes 1 Place Hanoi, Vietnam
Growables Origin Native to Asia, longan was introduced here in the early 1900s and is grown in Hawai'i, California, and South Florida. There are numerous cultivars of longan; 'Kohala' is the variety most planted in Florida.4 In 1954, rare-fruit pioneer William Whitman introduced the superior...
Longan, Dimocarpus longan, is a fast-growing, evergreen, well-branched, fruit tree that grows up to 14 m tall with a bole diameter of 1 m. It is native to Southern Asia. Its fruits are highly valued as a food and as a medicine. The fruit has a sweet mucilaginous flesh. It can be eaten raw or...