Alupag

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Alupag
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Alupag fruits with 500 Rp coin for scale
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Dimocarpus
Species:
D. malesianus
Binomial name
Dimocarpus malesianus
(Leenh.) Lithanatudom & Chaowasku 2017
Synonyms
  • Dimocarpus longan subsp. malesianus Leenh

The alupag is a fruit of the Dimocarpus malesianus tree found in Indochina and Malaysia. [1] Compared to a longan, it has bumpier skin similar to the lychee. The tree's wood is used to make combs.

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References

  1. Lithanatudom, Suparat K.; Chaowasku, Tanawat; Nantarat, Nattawadee; Jaroenkit, Theeranuch; Smith, Duncan R.; Lithanatudom, Pathrapol (2019-09-23). "A First Phylogeny of the Genus Dimocarpus and Suggestions for Revision of Some Taxa Based on Molecular and Morphological Evidence". Scientific Reports. 7 (1): 6716. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-07045-7. PMC   5532229 . PMID   28751754.