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LONGYEN [1 record]

Record 1 2017-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Culture of Fruit Trees
DEF

A small juicy fruit with a yellowish brown exterior, white juicy flesh, and a large black seed.

CONT

Closely allied to the glamorous lychee, in the family Sapindaceae, the longan, or lungan, also known as dragon's eye or eyeball, and as mamonchillo chino in Cuba, has been referred to as the "little brother of the lychee," or li-chihnu, "slave of the lychee." ... The longan is less important to the Chinese as an edible fruit, more widely used than the lychee in Oriental medicine.

OBS

From Chinese lóngyan, literally "dragon's eye" (which the fruit is thought to resemble).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Arboriculture fruitière
OBS

Le longane est un fruit rond qui se rapproche du litchi; en effet leur chair se ressemble en apparence et en saveur.

OBS

Les longanes sont importés de Taiwan et d'autres pays d'Asie et sont maintenant cultivés à petite échelle en Floride et en Californie.

Spanish

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