Euphoria

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Euphoria in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Euphoria (name refers to the fact that the plant carries well its edible frs.). Sapindaceae. A half-dozen trees in Trop. and Subtrop. Asia, allied to Litchi but differing in having petals and a deeply 5-parted imbricate calyx; both genera are sometimes combined in Nephelium. Lvs. pinnate: fls. regular; petals spatulate or lanceolate, hairy inside; stamens usually 8: fr. globular or ellipsoid, more or less tuberculate or warty, the size of a cherry or plum. The following species is widely cult. in the eastern tropics. E. Longana, Lam. (Nephelium Longana, Cambess.). Tree, 30-40 ft., with gray bark: Lvs. scattered: Ifts. opposite or alternate, elliptic to ovate to lanceolate, 2-5 pairs, rather obtuse at both ends, to 12 in. long, entire: fls. small (¼ in. or less across), yellowish white, in puberulent terminal and axillary panicles; calyx deeply 5-6-lobed; petals about equaling calyx, spatulate: fr. globose, reddish or purple, %in. or less diam., tuberculate or becoming warty or nearly smooth, with an edible aril. India. B.M. 4096. B.R. 1729.—A much-prized fr. in China, under the name of longyen, or linkeng, resembling litchi but smaller and smoother and yellow-brown. L. H. B. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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