Nephelium

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Nephelium - a genus of dicotyledonous trees of the family Sapindaceae that are native to Asia and Australia genus Nephelium dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination family Sapindaceae, Sapindaceae, soapberry family - chiefly tropical New and Old World deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs bearing leathery drupes with yellow translucent flesh; most plants produce toxic saponins Nephelium lappaceum, rambotan, rambutan, rambutan tree - Malayan tree bearing spiny red fruit Nephelium mutabile, pulasan, pulasan tree, pulassan - East Indian fruit tree bearing fruit similar to but sweeter than that of the rambutan