name: Longan

flavor_db_name_variants: longan

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Longan

id: 224

name_scientific: Dimocarpus longan

description: Dimocarpus longan, commonly known as the longan, is a tropical tree that produces edible fruit. It is one of the better-known tropical members of the soapberry family, to which the lychee also belongs. It is native to Southern Asia. The fruit is sweet, juicy and succulent in superior agricultural varieties and, apart from being eaten fresh, is also often used in East Asian soups, snacks, desserts, and sweet-and-sour foods, either fresh or dried, sometimes canned with syrup. The taste is different from lychees; while longan have a drier sweetness, lychees are often messily juicy with a more tropical, sour sweetness.

itis_id: 506072

wikipedia_id: Longan

picture_file_name: 224.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 56536

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:36:33.000Z

legacy_id: 239

food_group: Fruits

food_subgroup: Tropical fruits

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:27.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:04:19.000Z

creator_id: null

updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 128017

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00224