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    The rambutan is a tropical tree native to Southeast Asia whose edible fruit produces an exterior with soft spines and an interior seed surrounded by sweet, translucent flesh. It is closely related to other edible tropical fruits like lychee, longan, pulasan and mamoncillo. The rambutan tree is in the sapindaceae family and produces a medium-sized fruit that is yellowish in color with a hairy exterior.

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    The rambutan is a tropical tree native to Southeast Asia whose edible fruit produces an exterior with soft spines and an interior seed surrounded by sweet, translucent flesh. It is closely related to other edible tropical fruits like lychee, longan, pulasan and mamoncillo. The rambutan tree is in the sapindaceae family and produces a medium-sized fruit that is yellowish in color with a hairy exterior.

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    The rambutan is a tropical tree native to Southeast Asia whose edible fruit produces an exterior with soft spines and an interior seed surrounded by sweet, translucent flesh. It is closely related to other edible tropical fruits like lychee, longan, pulasan and mamoncillo. The rambutan tree is in the sapindaceae family and produces a medium-sized fruit that is yellowish in color with a hairy exterior.

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    The rambutan (/ræmˈbuːtən/, taxonomic name: Nephelium lappaceum) is a medium-sized

    tropical tree in the family Sapindaceae. The name also refers to the edible fruit produced by this
    tree. The rambutan is native to Southeast Asia.[1] It is closely related to several other
    edible tropical fruits including the lychee, longan, pulasan, and mamoncillo.

    Rambutan

    Unpeeled and peeled rambutan

    Rambutan fruits

    Conservation status
    Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

    Scientific classification

    Domain: Eukaryota

    Kingdom: Plantae

    Clade: Tracheophytes

    Clade: Angiosperms

    Clade: Eudicots

    Clade: Rosids

    Order: Sapindales

    Family: Sapindaceae

    Genus: Nephelium

    Species: N. lappaceum

    Binomial name

    Nephelium lappaceum
    L.[2]
    A cluster of yellowish rambutan.

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