Plant Details

Accepted name:: Dimocarpus longan subsp. longan [Sapindaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Dimocarpus longan Lour.
Infraspecies:: 4

Dimocarpus longan var. echinatus Leenh.

Dimocarpus longan var. longetiolatus Leenh.

Dimocarpus longan subsp. malesianus Leenh.

Dimocarpus longan var. obtusus (Pierre) Leenh.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
cembuvan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cempuvana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanakentali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanakindali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
longan aril	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
longan arillus	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
lungan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
malahakota	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malahcota	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malapuvam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malapuvana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malayakota	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mulei	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mullai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
poripuvana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shempuna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shempuvan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tyaboro	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
リュウガンニク	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
桂圓	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
福圓	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
龍目	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
aril		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
aril		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 24 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Euphoria longana Lam. Encycl. 3: 574 (1792).
Nephelium longana (Lam.) Cambess. Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 18: 30 (1829).
Arytera leichhardtii (Benth.) Radlk. Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. München 9: 553 (1879).
Arytera leichhardtii var. hebepetala (Benth.) Radlk. Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. München 9: 556 (1879).
Dimocarpus leichhardtii (Benth.) S.T.Reynolds Austrobaileya 1: 495 (1982 publ. 1983).
Dimocarpus longus F.Dietr. Nachtr. Vollst. Lex. Gärtn. 2: 704 (1816), nom. superfl.
Dimocarpus pupilla Moon Cat. Pl. Ceylon: 31 (1824), not validly publ.
Dimocarpus undulatus Wight in R.Wight & G.A.W.Arnott, Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 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 var. acuminata Pierre Fl. Forest. Cochinch.: t. 318 (1895).
Euphoria undulata Wall. Numer. List: n.° 8049 (1847), not validly publ.
Euphoria verruculosa Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 280 (1796).
Nephelium benghalense G.Don Gen. Hist. 1: 670 (1831).
Nephelium echinulatum (Radlk.) Ridl. Fl. Malay Penins. 1: 503 (1922).
Nephelium leichhardtii (Benth.) F.Muell. Austral. Veg.: 25 (1867).
Nephelium mora Gardner ex Thwaites Enum. Pl. Zeyl.: 58 (1858).
Nephelium pupillum Wight Ill. Ind. Bot. 1: 141 (1839).
Sapindus benghalensis Roxb. ex Wight & Arn. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 113 (1834).
Sapindus monogynus B.Heyne ex Wall. Numer. List: n.° 8049 (1847), not validly publ.
Sapindus undulatus Wall. ex Voigt Hort. Suburb. Calcutt.: 94 (1845).
Scytalia benghalensis Roxb. ex Wight & Arn. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 113 (1834).
Scytalia verruculosa Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 386 (1812).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Euphorbia longana	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Euphoria longana	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Euphoria longana Lam.	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Euphoria longana Lamarck	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
Nephelium long Yan	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Nephelium longana	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Nephelium longana Camb.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Nephelium longanum	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)

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