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The longan (Template:Zh-stp; Cantonese long-ngan; literally "dragon eye") is an evergreen tree native to southeast Asia from southern China south to Indonesia.
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Longan
The fruit is edible, and is often used in East Asian soups, snacks, desserts, and sweet-and-sour foods. They are round with a thin, brown-coloured inedible shell. The flesh of the fruit, which surrounds a big, black seed, is white, soft, and juicy.
Longans and lychees come out in around the same time of the year. Dried longan (Template:Zh-cpl) are often used in Chinese food therapy and herbal medicine. It is considered to possess a nourishing property.
See also
Longans are not to be confused with loganberries.
External links
- Fruits of Warm Climates: Longan (http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/longan.html)
- Know and Enjoy Tropical Fruit: Lychee, Rambutan & Longan (http://www.proscitech.com.au/trop/l.htm)
- Dimocarpus longan (Sapindaceae) (http://www.montosogardens.com/dimocarpus_longan.htm)de:Longan