Taxon:  Nephelium cuspidatum Blume var. robustum (Radlk.) Leenh.



Summary
Genus:
Nephelium
Family:
Sapindaceae
Subfamily:
Sapindoideae
Nomen number:
316217
Place of publication:
Blumea 31:391.  1986
Verified:
08/23/1991 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
2 (2  active, 1  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Nephelium cuspidatum Blume (0 active accession[s])
Nephelium cuspidatum Blume var. bassacense (Pierre) Leenh. (0 active accession[s])
Nephelium cuspidatum Blume var. cuspidatum subvar. cuspidatum (0 active accession[s])
Nephelium cuspidatum Blume var. cuspidatum subvar. dasyneurum (Radlk.) Leenh. (0 active accession[s])
Nephelium cuspidatum Blume var. eriopetalum (Miq.) Leenh. (0 active accession[s])
Nephelium cuspidatum Blume var. multinerve (Radlk.) Leenh. (0 active accession[s])
Nephelium cuspidatum Blume var. ophiodes (Radlk.) Leenh. subvar. beccarianum (Radlk.) Leenh. (0 active accession[s])
Nephelium cuspidatum Blume var. ophiodes (Radlk.) Leenh. subvar. ophiodes (Radlk.) Leenh. (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Nephelium robustum Radlk.

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  2. Leenhouts, P. W. 1986. A taxonomic revision of Nephelium (Sapindaceae). Blumea 31:373-436.
  3. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  4. Sthapit, B. et al. 2015. Harnessing the diversity of wild relatives of tropical fruit tree species for sustainable livelihoods. Acta Hort. 1101: 205-211. DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2015.1101.31.
  5. Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds. 1991. Edible fruits and nuts. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 2:233.
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishgiant rambutan  1Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds. 1991. Edible fruits and nuts. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 2:233.
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaKalimantan Leenhouts, P. W. 1986. A taxonomic revision of Nephelium (Sapindaceae). Blumea 31:373-436.
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysiaSabah Leenhouts, P. W. 1986. A taxonomic revision of Nephelium (Sapindaceae). Blumea 31:373-436.
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysiaSarawak Leenhouts, P. W. 1986. A taxonomic revision of Nephelium (Sapindaceae). Blumea 31:373-436.
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippinesMimaropa (Region IV-B) Leenhouts, P. W. 1986. A taxonomic revision of Nephelium (Sapindaceae). Blumea 31:373-436.
Native
Asia-Tropical
  • MALESIA: Indonesia [Kalimantan], Malaysia [Sabah, Sarawak], Philippines [Mimaropa (Region IV-B)]

Reference(s)
  1. Leenhouts, P. W. 1986. A taxonomic revision of Nephelium (Sapindaceae). Blumea 31:373-436.
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodfruitpotentialVerheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds. 1991. Edible fruits and nuts. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 2:233.
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=316217. Accessed 10 May 2026.