An evergreen tree, Dimocarpus longan, of the Sapindaceae family, native to southern China.
The fruit from the longan tree.
Examples
Other species which were illegally chopped down included acacia, longan, banana and ivy trees, all found in Hong Kong's countryside.
We ate frozen longan fruit, sweet icy nuggets like litchi, and tossed the pits.
This standard applies to commercial varieties of longans grown from Dimocarpus longan Lour. of the Sapindaceae family, to be supplied fresh to the consumerafter preparation and packaging.
It was caught suspended head downwards on a cluster of the round fruit of the longan tree.
China produces five main tropical fruits: banana, longan, lychee, mango, and pineapple.
Others in the same genus are the longan, rambutan, and pulasan.
