Rambutan 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. It is closely related to several other edible tropical fruits including the lychee, longan, pulasan and guinep.
Nephelium is a genus of about 25 species of flowering plants in the family Sapindaceae, native to southeastern Asia.
Albonectria rigidiuscula is a fungal plant pathogen. The anamorph of A. rigidiuscula the fungus Fusarium decemcellulare is associated with inflorescence wilt and vascular necrosis in fruit tree crops such as Mango, Longan and Rambutan. F. decemcellulare causes a disease known as cushion gall in Theobroma cacao and other tropical trees.
The buzzing flowerpecker or white-bellied flowerpecker, is a species of bird in the family Dicaeidae. It is endemic to the Philippines. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
Nephelium costatum is a species of plant in the family Sapindaceae. It is a tree endemic to Peninsular Malaysia. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Nephelium hamulatum is a species of plant in the family Sapindaceae. It is a tree endemic to Peninsular Malaysia. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Nephelium chryseum is a species of plant related to the rambutan. The plant produces edible fruit that are covered in hard red shells with spikey spines. It is native to southern China, Borneo, the Philippines, and Vietnam.
Nephelium juglandifolium is a species of shrub. The drupe fruit is not as round as the other fruits within this genus. The shrub produces small flowers. The plants are grown in parks as decorative ornamental plants. In its natural environment, N. juglandifolium grows in lowland forests. It is usually 30m tall when fully grown.
Nephelium xerospermoides, the hairless rambutan, is a species closely related to the rambutan. The drupe fruit has a flavor similar to rambutan. The fruit does not have any hair-like spines, hence its common name. They can be eaten freshly picked from the tree. They are not commonly grown or harvested for commercial use.
Avatha discolor is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from the Indo-Australian and Pacific tropics to as far east as Henderson Island.
Pingasa chlora, the white looper moth or flower-eating caterpillar, is a species of moth of the family Geometridae first described by Caspar Stoll in 1782. It is found Sundaland, the Philippines, Sulawesi and from the Moluccas to Queensland, Australia.
Conogethes punctiferalis, the durian fruit borer or yellow peach moth, is a moth of the family Crambidae.
Adoxophyes privatana, the appleleaf-curling moth, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is native to south-east Asia, where it has been recorded from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Hainan in China, Nepal, India, Sri-Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, western Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, the Philippines and the Chagos Archipelago. It is an accidental introduction in Great Britain.
The cocoa pod borer is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Saudi Arabia, China, India, Thailand, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Australia, New Britain, the Philippines, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Vanuatu.
Alectryon tomentosus, commonly known as the hairy birds eye, red jacket or woolly rambutan, is a rainforest tree of the family Sapindaceae found in eastern Australia. The specific epithet tomentosus refers to the hairy leaves and hairy young shoots.
Tirathaba mundella, the oil palm bunch moth, is a species of snout moth. It is found in Malaysia.
Archips dispilanus is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Bhutan, India and Malaysia.
Homona eductana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in India, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and China.
Cnesteboda celligera is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Taiwan, Malaysia and Indonesia.
Xerospermum is a small genus of Asian plants of the family Sapindaceae.
