Rambutan

Rambutan

Nephelium nappaceum
Sapindaceae

Small to medium tree that grows to 15 m in height. The leaves are compounded and the leaflets to 20 cm long. The flowers are small, pale green, and fragrant. The fruit is up to 5 cm in diameter, covered with thick, coarse, wavy hair, red when ripe, with a juicy edible pulp. It is indigenous to South East Asia including the Philippines, and Southern China.