Nephelium lappaceumL.

rambutan

WFO wfo-0000381268 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Nephelium lappaceum, photographed by Samuel Lee
fig. a Samuel Lee, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-11-28 / obs. 170547956
Nephelium lappaceum, photographed by Ong Jyh Seng
fig. b Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 151765076
Nephelium lappaceum, photographed by Samuel Lee
fig. c Samuel Lee, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 151576757
Nephelium lappaceum, photographed by Cheongweei Gan
fig. d Cheongweei Gan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 138651874
Nephelium lappaceum, photographed by Cheongweei Gan
fig. e Cheongweei Gan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 135655347
Nephelium lappaceum, photographed by Ong Jyh Seng
fig. f Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 127308807
Nephelium lappaceum, photographed by Samuel Lee
fig. g Samuel Lee, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 122534789
Nephelium lappaceum, photographed by Jake Rehage
fig. h Jake Rehage, CC0 1.0 / obs. 90348419

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Native range 12 botanical countries

Regions where Nephelium lappaceum is native: China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Borneo, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam China South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanBorneoMalayaMalukuMyanmarPhilippinesSulawesiSumateraThailandVietnam
Native distribution of Nephelium lappaceum, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Borneo BOR ASIA-TROPICAL
Malaya MLY
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
Philippines PHI
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 16 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Dimocarpus crinitus Lour.
  • Euphoria crinita (Lour.) Poir.
  • Euphoria glabra Blume
  • Euphoria nephelium Poir.
  • Euphoria nephelium DC.
  • Euphoria ramb-outan Labill.
  • Nephelium glabrum (Blume) Cambess.
  • Nephelium maculatum Radlk.
  • Nephelium obovatum Ridl.
  • Nephelium pallens Radlk.
  • Nephelium rambutan Schnizl.
  • Nephelium sufferugineum Radlk.
  • Nephelium variabile Wall. ex Voigt
  • Nephelium xanthioides Radlk.
  • Scytalia crinita (Lour.) Raeusch.
  • Scytalia rimosa Roxb.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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