Nephelium

Nephelium
	Nephelium lappaceum fruits
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Sapindaceae
Tribe:	Nephelieae
Genus:	Nephelium; L.
Species
	See text
Synonyms
	Bima Noronha in Verh., 1790: nom. nud.; Dipherocarpus Llanos, 1859; Mesonephelium Pierre, 1897;

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.

Species

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)
Nephelium hypoleucum	Korlan	Indo-China to Peninsular Malaysia (Kedah)
Nephelium juglandifolium		Peninsular Malaysia to western Java
Nephelium lappaceum	Rambutan	Thailand to western Malesia
Nephelium laurinum		Southern Thailand to western Malesia
Nephelium macrophyllum		Borneo
Nephelium maingayi	Redan	Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo
Nephelium meduseum		Borneo
Nephelium malaiense		Philippines
Nephelium melanomiscum syn. Nephelium xerospermoides^[2]	Hairless rambutan	Southern Indochina to Peninsular Malaysia
Nephelium melliferum		Southern Indochina to Peninsular Malaysia
Nephelium papillatum		Borneo (Sabah)
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