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Longan
Longan
Dimocarpus longan
Plantae
UNCOMMON

Stats

Lifespan
20-40 yrs
Size
Medium
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Tropical rainforest
Range
Southeast Asia
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Uncommon

About

The longan is a tropical fruit tree of the soapberry family, bearing small round fruits with translucent white flesh around a glossy dark seed — its name means "dragon eye" in Chinese, inspired by the seed's pupil-like appearance when the fruit is peeled.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Sapindales
Family
Sapindaceae
Genus
Dimocarpus
Species
Dimocarpus longan