Scientific name	Authority	First published in
Nephelium benghalense	G.Don	Gen. Hist. 1: 670 (1831)
Nephelium longana	Cambess.	Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 18: 30 (1829)
Nephelium leichhardtii	F.Muell.	Austral. Veg. : 25 (1867)
Nephelium echinulatum	Ridl.	Fl. Malay Penins. 1: 503 (1922)
Nephelium pupillum	Wight	Ill. Ind. Bot. 1: 141 (1839)
Scytalia longan	Roxb.	Tracts St. Helena : 322 (1816)
Scytalia benghalensis	Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.	Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. : 113 (1834)
Sapindus undulatus	Wall. ex Voigt	Hort. Suburb. Calcutt. : 94 (1845)
Sapindus benghalensis	Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.	Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. : 113 (1834)
Scytalia verruculosa	Stokes	Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 386 (1812)
Arytera leichhardtii var. hebepetala	(Benth.) Radlk.	Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. München 9: 556 (1879)
Dimocarpus pupilla	Moon	Cat. Pl. Ceylon. 31. 1824
Dimocarpus undulatus	Wight ex Wight & Arn.	Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. : 113 (1834)
Euphoria echinulata	Radlk.	Rec. Bot. Surv. India 3: 347 (1907)
Euphoria leichhardtii	Benth.	Fl. Austral. 1: 468 (1863)
Euphoria leichhardtii var. hebepetala	Benth.	Fl. Austral. 1: 468 (1863)
Euphoria longan	(Lour.) Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. : 328 (1821)
Euphoria longana	Lam.	Encycl. 3: 574 (1792)
Euphoria undulata	Herb.Heyne ex Wall.	Numer. List [Wallich] n. 8049. 1847
Euphoria verruculosa	Salisb.	Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 280 (1796)
Nephelium longan	(Lour.) Hook.

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Language	Common/alternative name
English	longan
English	dragonis eye
English	dragonís eye
English	pailin longan
English	ta-ngen
Spanish	euphoria microcarpa
Spanish	euphoria malaiensis
Spanish	euphoria cinerea
Spanish	euphoria glabra
Spanish	euphoria gracilis
Spanish	euphoria nephelioides
Spanish	longan
Spanish	nephelium glabrum
Arabic	لونجان
Azerbaijani	lunğan
ban	kléngkéng
Bengali	আঁশফল
Bengali	কাঠলিচু
Tibetan	འབྲུག་མིག
Catalan	longan
cdo	lèng-gēng
Czech	longan
Danish	longan
German	longan-baum
German	longan
Persian	چشالو
Finnish	longaani
French	longane
French	longanier
hak	牛眼
Hebrew	לונגן
Hungarian	longána
Indonesian	kelengkeng
Indonesian	klengkeng
Indonesian	longan
Indonesian	lengkeng
Italian	longan
Japanese	ケイエンニク
Japanese	リュウガンニク
Japanese	桂円肉
Japanese	竜眼
Japanese	竜眼肉
Japanese	龍眼
Japanese	リュウガン
jv	klengkeng
jv	klèngkèng
Khmer	មៀនប៉ៃលិន
Korean	롱간
Korean	롱안
koi	Лонган
kv	Лонган
lbe	Лонган
Lithuanian	longanai
Lithuanian	tikrasis longanas
lzh	龍眼
Malayalam	longan
Malayalam	ചെമ്പുന്ന
Malayalam	പൊരിപ്പൂവണം
Malayalam	ലോങ്ങൻ
Malayalam	ലോംഗൻ
mrj	Лонган
Malay	longan
Malay	pokok longan
Malay	mata kucing
Burmese	တောကြက်မောက်
nan	lêng-kéng
nan	lêng-géng
Norwegian Bokmål	longan
Dutch	lamyai
Dutch	lengkeng
Dutch	longan
Polish	longan
Portuguese	longan
Romanian	longan
Russian	Лонган
su	léngkéng
Tamil	நுரை
Thai	ลำใย
Thai	ลำไย
Turkish	longan
Turkish	pailin longan
Turkish	ta-ngen
udm	Лонган
ug	ئەجدىرھا كۆزى
Ukrainian	Лонган
Uzbek	longan
Vietnamese	nhãn
Vietnamese	cây nhãn
Vietnamese	long nhãn
xmf	ლონგანი (ჩანარი)
Yoruba	longan
za	maknganx
Chinese	龙眼
Chinese	桂圆
Chinese	桂圓
Chinese	龍眼
Chinese	龙眼叶
Chinese	龙眼壳
Chinese	龙眼树皮
Chinese	龙眼核
Chinese	龙眼根
Chinese	龙眼肉
Chinese	龙眼花
Chinese	圆眼
Chinese	羊眼果树
Chinese	亞荔枝
Chinese	燕卵
Chinese	福圓
Chinese	荔枝奴

Subspecies (abbr. subsp./ssp.) Top

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Name	Authority	First published in
Dimocarpus longan subsp. malesianus	Leenh.	Blumea 19: 126 (1971)

Varieties (abbr. var.) Top

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Name	Authority	First published in
Dimocarpus longan var. echinatus	Leenh.	Blumea 19: 128 (1971)
Dimocarpus longan var. longetiolatus	Leenh.	Blumea 19: 125 (1971)
Dimocarpus longan var. obtusus	(Pierre) Leenh.	Blumea 19(1): 126. 1971

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Extinct

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- Native

Africa click to expand
- Western Indian Ocean
  - Réunion

Asia-temperate click to expand
- China
  - China South-central
  - China Southeast
  - Hainan
- Eastern Asia
  - Taiwan

Asia-tropical click to expand
- Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam
  - Bangladesh
  - East Himalaya
  - Sri Lanka
- Indo-China
  - Andaman Islands
  - Cambodia
  - Laos
  - Myanmar
  - Nicobar Nicobar
  - Thailand
  - Vietnam
- Malesia
  - Borneo
  - Jawa
  - Lesser Sunda Islands
  - Malaya
  - Maluku
  - Philippines
  - Sulawesi
  - Sumatera
- Papuasia
  - New Guinea

Northern America click to expand
- Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Florida

Pacific click to expand
- Northwestern Pacific
  - Caroline Islands
  - Marianas
- South-central Pacific
  - Society Islands

Links to other databases Top

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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0000647787
UNII	34Z9ZU77SE
Florida Plant Atlas	4228
USDA Plants	DILO7
Tropicos	28601365
INPN	447590
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:782795-1
The Plant List	kew-2768547
Missouri Botanical Garden	286822
PFAF	Dimocarpus longan
Open Tree Of Life	80783
NCBI Taxonomy	128017
IUCN Red List	32399
IPNI	782795-1
iNaturalist	191503
GBIF	3190008
Freebase	/m/0kh8g
EPPO	DMCLO
EOL	590822
USDA GRIN	14131
Wikipedia	Longan
CMAUP	NPO4124

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Accession	Assembly
Accession	Name	Level	Submitter	Released	Coverage	Size
GCA_022984855.1	ASM2298485v1	Chromosome	Institute of Fruit Tree Research-Guangdong academy of Agricultural Sciences	2022-04-19	415.0x	433.25 Mb

Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used by various ethnic tribes of Mizoram, India

Ralte L, Singh YT

PLoS One

10-May-2024

PMCID:	PMC11086894
doi:	10.1371/journal.pone.0302792
PMID:	38728345

Pollen thermotolerance of a widespread plant, Lotus corniculatus, in response to climate warming: possible local adaptation of populations from different elevations

Jackwerth K, Biella P, Klečka J

PeerJ

30-Apr-2024

PMCID:	PMC11067902
doi:	10.7717/peerj.17148
PMID:	38708360

The Inhibition of TREK-1 K+ Channels via Multiple Compounds Contained in the Six Kamikihito Components, Potentially Stimulating Oxytocin Neuron Pathways

Miyano K, Nonaka M, Sakamoto M, Murofushi M, Yoshida Y, Komura K, Ohbuchi K, Higami Y, Fujii H, Uezono Y

Int J Mol Sci

30-Apr-2024

PMCID:	PMC11084865
doi:	10.3390/ijms25094907
PMID:	38732124

Traditional Japanese medicine Kamikihito ameliorates sucrose preference, chronic inflammation and obesity induced by a high fat diet in middle-aged mice

Maejima Y, Yokota S, Yamachi M, Misaka S, Ono T, Oizumi H, Mizuno K, Hidema S, Nishimori K, Aoyama M, de Wet H, Shimomura K

Front Endocrinol (Lausanne)

29-Apr-2024

PMCID:	PMC11089234
doi:	10.3389/fendo.2024.1387964
PMID:	38742193

Tannin-Tolerant Saccharomyces cerevisiae Isolated from Traditional Fermented Tea Leaf (Miang) and Application in Fruit Wine Fermentation Using Longan Juice Mixed with Seed Extract as Substrate

Phovisay S, Kodchasee P, Abdullahi AD, Kham NN, Unban K, Kanpiengjai A, Saenjum C, Shetty K, Khanongnuch C

Foods

26-Apr-2024

PMCID:	PMC11083779
doi:	10.3390/foods13091335
PMID:	38731704

Biological Activity of Artificial Plant Peptides Corresponding to the Translational Products of Small ORFs in Primary miRNAs and Other Long “Non-Coding” RNAs

Erokhina TN, Ryazantsev DY, Zavriev SK, Morozov SY

Plants (Basel)

18-Apr-2024

PMCID:	PMC11055055
doi:	10.3390/plants13081137
PMID:	38674546

Does local soil factor drive functional leaf trait variation? A test on Neilingding Island, South China

Tong S, Zhang J, Qiao X, Li B, Yang Q, Hu P, Yu S

BMC Ecol Evol

10-Apr-2024

PMCID:	PMC11005248
doi:	10.1186/s12862-024-02227-0
PMID:	38600505

Comparative transcriptome analysis identifies candidate genes related to sucrose accumulation in longan (Dimocarpus longan Lour.) pulp

Li Y, Ren R, Pan R, Bao Y, Xie T, Zeng L, Fang T

Front Plant Sci

05-Apr-2024

PMCID:	PMC11032017
doi:	10.3389/fpls.2024.1379750
PMID:	38645392

Mechanism of action of microRNA166 on nitric oxide in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) under drought stress

Wei B, Wang Y, Ruan Q, Zhu X, Wang X, Wang T, Zhao Y, Wei X

BMC Genomics

28-Mar-2024

PMCID:	PMC10976769
doi:	10.1186/s12864-024-10095-7
PMID:	38549050

Function and regulation of plant ARGONAUTE proteins in response to environmental challenges: a review

Zaheer U, Munir F, Salum YM, He W

PeerJ

26-Mar-2024

PMCID:	PMC10979746
doi:	10.7717/peerj.17115
PMID:	38560454

Identification and functional analysis of the LEAFY gene in longan flower induction

Jue D, Li Z, Zhang W, Tang J, Xie T, Sang X, Guo Q

BMC Genomics

25-Mar-2024

PMCID:	PMC10962150
doi:	10.1186/s12864-024-10229-x
PMID:	38528464

External aluminium supply regulates photosynthesis and carbon partitioning in the Al-accumulating tropical shrub Melastoma malabathricum

Mahmud K, Weitz H, H. Kritzler U, Burslem DF

PLoS One

20-Mar-2024

PMCID:	PMC10954143
doi:	10.1371/journal.pone.0297686
PMID:	38507439

Identification and Expression Analysis of Putative Sugar Transporter Gene Family during Bulb Formation in Lilies

Huang Z, Gao C, Xu Y, Liu J, Kang J, Ren Z, Cui Q, Li D, Ma S, Xia Y, Wu Y

Int J Mol Sci

20-Mar-2024

PMCID:	PMC10970775
doi:	10.3390/ijms25063483
PMID:	38542476

Pest categorisation of Pyrrhoderma noxium

Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Gonthier P, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Vicent Civera A, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Golic D, Gobbi A, Maiorano A, Pautasso M, Reignault PL

EFSA J

19-Mar-2024

PMCID:	PMC10949325
doi:	10.2903/j.efsa.2024.8667
PMID:	38505477

Commodity risk assessment of Ligustrum ovalifolium and Ligustrum vulgare plants from the UK

Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Civera AV, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Battisti A, Mas H, Rigling D, Faccoli M, Mikulová A, Mosbach‐Schulz O, Stergulc F, Streissl F, Gonthier P

EFSA J

07-Mar-2024

PMCID:	PMC10918603
doi:	10.2903/j.efsa.2024.8648
PMID:	38455154

Phytochemical Profile Top

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Name	PubChem ID	Canonical SMILES	MW	Found in	Proof
> Benzenoids / Benzene and substituted derivatives / Benzoic acids and derivatives / Hydroxybenzoic acid derivatives / Gallic acid and derivatives
3,5-Dihydroxy-4-methoxybenzoic acid	78016	Click to see COC1=C(C=C(C=C1O)C(=O)O)O	184.15	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Benzenoids / Benzene and substituted derivatives / Benzoic acids and derivatives / Hydroxybenzoic acid derivatives / Gallic acid and derivatives / Gallic acids
Ethyl gallic acid	21617649	Click to see CCC1=C(C(=C(C=C1C(=O)O)O)O)O	198.17	unknown	https://doi.org/10.3109/09637486.2014.886181
Gallic Acid	370	Click to see C1=C(C=C(C(=C1O)O)O)C(=O)O	170.12	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Benzenoids / Benzene and substituted derivatives / Benzoic acids and derivatives / Hydroxybenzoic acid derivatives / Gallic acid and derivatives / Galloyl esters
[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methoxyoxan-2-yl] 3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoate	71308210	Click to see COC1C(C(C(C(O1)OC(=O)C2=CC(=C(C(=C2)O)O)O)O)O)O	332.26	unknown	via CMAUP database
Ethyl gallate	13250	Click to see CCOC(=O)C1=CC(=C(C(=C1)O)O)O	198.17	unknown	https://doi.org/10.3109/09637486.2014.886181
> Organic acids and derivatives / Organic sulfuric acids and derivatives / Arylsulfates / Phenylsulfates
4-(6-Benzyl-5-{[4-(sulfooxy)phenyl]acetamido}pyrazin-2-yl)phenyl hydrogen sulfate	5459866	Click to see C1=CC=C(C=C1)CC2=NC(=CN=C2NC(=O)CC3=CC=C(C=C3)OS(=O)(=O)O)C4=CC=C(C=C4)OS(=O)(=O)O	571.60	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Benzoxazines / Phenoxazines
N-(3-oxophenoxazin-2-yl)acetamide	193337	Click to see CC(=O)NC1=CC2=NC3=CC=CC=C3OC2=CC1=O	254.24	unknown	via CMAUP database
Questiomycin A	72725	Click to see C1=CC=C2C(=C1)N=C3C=C(C(=O)C=C3O2)N	212.20	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Biflavonoids and polyflavonoids
(2R,2'R,3R,3'R)-2,2'-Bis(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-3,3',4,4'-tetrahydro-2H,2'H-4,8'-bichromene-3,3',5,5',7,7'-hexol	5320711	Click to see C1C(C(OC2=C1C(=CC(=C2C3C(C(OC4=CC(=CC(=C34)O)O)C5=CC(=C(C=C5)O)O)O)O)O)C6=CC(=C(C=C6)O)O)O	578.50	unknown	via CMAUP database
Procyanidin A1	5089889	Click to see C1C(C(OC2=C1C(=CC3=C2C4C(C(O3)(OC5=CC(=CC(=C45)O)O)C6=CC(=C(C=C6)O)O)O)O)C7=CC(=C(C=C7)O)O)O	576.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/JF801155J
Procyanidin A2	124025	Click to see C1C(C(OC2=C1C(=CC3=C2C4C(C(O3)(OC5=CC(=CC(=C45)O)O)C6=CC(=C(C=C6)O)O)O)O)C7=CC(=C(C=C7)O)O)O	576.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/JF801155J
Procyanidin B2, (+)-	122738	Click to see C1C(C(OC2=C1C(=CC(=C2C3C(C(OC4=CC(=CC(=C34)O)O)C5=CC(=C(C=C5)O)O)O)O)O)C6=CC(=C(C=C6)O)O)O	578.50	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavans / Catechins
(+)-Epicatechin	182232	Click to see C1C(C(OC2=CC(=CC(=C21)O)O)C3=CC(=C(C=C3)O)O)O	290.27	unknown	via CMAUP database
2-(3,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)chroman-3,5,7-triol	1203	Click to see C1C(C(OC2=CC(=CC(=C21)O)O)C3=CC(=C(C=C3)O)O)O	290.27	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/JF801155J
Epicatechin	72276	Click to see C1C(C(OC2=CC(=CC(=C21)O)O)C3=CC(=C(C=C3)O)O)O	290.27	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1021/JF801155J
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid O-glycosides / Flavonoid-3-O-glycosides
2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-5,7-dihydroxy-3-[(2R,3S,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyl-tetrahydropyran-2-yl]oxy-chromen-4-one	15939939	Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OC2=C(OC3=CC(=CC(=C3C2=O)O)O)C4=CC(=C(C=C4)O)O)O)O)O	448.40	unknown	via CMAUP database
quercetin 3-O-alpha-L-fucopyranoside	5359430	Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OC2=C(OC3=CC(=CC(=C3C2=O)O)O)C4=CC(=C(C=C4)O)O)O)O)O	448.40	unknown	via CMAUP database
Quercetin 3-O-rhamnoside	5353915	Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OC2=C(OC3=CC(=CC(=C3C2=O)O)O)C4=CC(=C(C=C4)O)O)O)O)O	448.40	unknown	via CMAUP database
Quercitrin	5280459	Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OC2=C(OC3=CC(=CC(=C3C2=O)O)O)C4=CC(=C(C=C4)O)O)O)O)O	448.40	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Tannins / Hydrolyzable tannins
Corilagin	73568	Click to see C1C2C(C(C(C(O2)OC(=O)C3=CC(=C(C(=C3)O)O)O)O)OC(=O)C4=CC(=C(C(=C4C5=C(C(=C(C=C5C(=O)O1)O)O)O)O)O)O)O	634.50	unknown	via CMAUP database
Ellagic Acid	5281855	Click to see C1=C2C3=C(C(=C1O)O)OC(=O)C4=CC(=C(C(=C43)OC2=O)O)O	302.19	unknown	via CMAUP database

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Dimocarpus longan

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