EPPO Global Database

Dimocarpus longan(DMCLO)

Overview
Code created in: 2001-10-21

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: DMCLO
  • Preferred name: Dimocarpus longan
  • Authority: Loureiro

Notes

Himalayas, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, northeast India, Indochina, Malesia (Sumatra to Philippines), China (including Taiwan). Widely cultivated in southern Asia for its fruits. Introduced in Malesia (Java, southern islands), New Guinea


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Euphoria longan (Loureiro) Steudel
Euphoria longana Lamarck
Euphoria malaiensis (Griffith) Radlkofer
Nephelium longana (Lamarck) Cambessèdes
Nephelium malaiense Griffith

Common names
Name Language
dragon's eye English
longan English
Longanbaum German
longane French
longani French
longanier French
oeil de dragon French
longan Spanish
mamón Spanish
longane Portuguese
olhos-de-dragão Portuguese
pitomba-longana Portuguese
лонган Russian
mata kuching Malay
ashphal Bengali
lóng yǎn Chinese
龙眼 Chinese