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{{Taxobox<br />
| color = lightgreen<br />
| name = Longan<br />
| status = LR/nt<br />
| image = Dimocarpus_longan_fruits.jpg<br />
| image_width = 240px<br />
| image_caption = Longan fruit<br />
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br />
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]<br />
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]<br />
| ordo = [[Sapindales]]<br />
| familia = [[Sapindaceae]]<br />
| genus = ''[[Dimocarpus]]''<br />
| species = '''''D. longan'''''<br />
| binomial = ''Dimocarpus longan''<br />
| binomial_authority = [[João de Loureiro|Lour.]]<br />
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The '''Longan''' ({{zh-stp|s=龙眼|t=龍眼|p=lóngyǎn}}; [[Cantonese language|Cantonese]] ''long-ngan''; literally "[[Chinese dragon|dragon]] eye"; [[Thai language|Thai]] ลำไย) is a tropical [[tree]] native to southern [[China]]. The tree is very sensitive to frost. It is also found in [[Indonesia]] and [[Southeast Asia]]. It is also called ''guiyuan'' (桂圆) in [[Chinese language|Chinese]], ''lengkeng'' in Indonesia, ''mata kucing'' in Malaysia, and ''quả nhãn'' in Vietnamese. <br />
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== Longan Tree & Fruit ==<br />
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The tree is very sensitive to [[frost]]. Longan [[trees]] require sandy [[soil]] and temperatures that do not typically go below 4.5 degrees Celsius (40 degrees Fahrenheit). Longans and [[lychee]]s bear fruit at around the same time of the year<br />
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The longan ("dragon eyes") is so named because of the fruit's resemblance to an eyeball when it is shelled (the black seed shows through the translucent flesh like a pupil/iris). Dried longan ({{zh-cpl|c=圓肉|p=yuánròu|l=round meat}}) are often used in [[Chinese cuisine]], Chinese [[food therapy]] and [[Chinese medicine|herbal medicine]] and Chinese sweet dessert soups. In contrast with the fresh fruit, the flesh of dried longans is dark brown to almost black.<br />
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== Cross-section Description ==<br />
The [[fruit]] is edible, and is often used in [[East Asia]]n [[soups]], [[snack]]s, [[dessert]]s, and [[sweet-and-sour]] foods. They are round with a thin, brown-coloured inedible shell. The flesh of the fruit, which surrounds a big, black seed, is translucent white, soft, and juicy.<br />
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== Related Wikipedia Links ==<br />
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* [[List of Fruits]]<br />
* [[Rambutan]]<br />
* [[Dragon Fruit]]<br />
* [[Asian Fruits]]<br />
* [[Exotic Fruits]]<br />
* [[Pears]]<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IUCN2006|assessors=World Conservation Monitoring Centre|year=1998|id=32399|title=Dimocarpus longan|downloaded=9 May 2006}}<br />
* [http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/longan.html Fruits of Warm Climates: Longan]<br />
* [http://www.proscitech.com.au/trop/l.htm Know and Enjoy Tropical Fruit: Lychee, Rambutan & Longan]<br />
* [http://www.montosogardens.com/dimocarpus_longan.htm Dimocarpus longan (Sapindaceae)]<br />
* [http://www.hawaiifruit.net/fruitdata/_longon.html Nutritional and historical information]<br />
* [http://tc2tc.mojolingo.xuite.net/m2m-0000/waynesword.palomar.edu/plnov96.htm]<br />
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