Taxon:  Nephelium ramboutan-ake (Labill.) Leenh.



Summary
Genus:
Nephelium
Family:
Sapindaceae
Subfamily:
Sapindoideae
Nomen number:
313511
Place of publication:
Blumea 31:415.  1986
Verified:
03/29/1988 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
22 (6  active, 2  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Litchi ramboutan-ake Labill.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Nephelium mutabile Blume
Nephelium mutabile Blume var. mutabile

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Seed

Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
  2. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  3. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2 Note: = Nephelium mutabile
  4. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  5. Staples, G. W. & D. R. Herbst. 1996. Nomenclatural changes affecting cultivated plants. I. Baileya 23:177.
  6. Yaacob, O. & S. Subhadrabandhu. 1995. The production of economic fruits in South-East Asia Note: = Nephelium mutabile
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Malaypulasan  2Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Swedishpulasan  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNotecitation_id
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaAssam 0
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  0
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaJawa 0
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaKalimantan 0
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaMalukuperhaps not native0
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaSumatera 0
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  0
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  0
2Cultivated    also cult.0
Native
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India [Assam]
  • INDO-CHINA: Myanmar
  • MALESIA: Indonesia [Jawa, Kalimantan, Maluku (perhaps not native), Sumatera], Malaysia, Philippines
Cultivated (also cult.)

Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodfruit Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2 Note: = Nephelium mutabile
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=313511. Accessed 12 May 2026.