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Lychee, Litchi chinensis, is an evergreen fruit tree in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae, native to southern China and cultivated there for more than two millennia. Its fruit has a rough red or pink shell surrounding translucent white edible flesh and a single glossy brown seed. Adapted to warm sub...
Rambutan, scientifically named Nephelium lappaceum, is a tropical fruit tree in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae, and is native to Southeast Asia. Its round or oval fruit has a leathery red, yellow, or orange rind covered with flexible, hairlike projections; its name derives from the Malay word ram...
Longan, scientifically named Dimocarpus longan, is a tropical evergreen tree in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae, and a close relative of lychee and rambutan. Its small round fruit has thin tan to brown skin, translucent edible flesh, and a single glossy dark seed. Cultivated in tropical and subtro...
A Brazilian Amazonian vine whose seeds contain roughly twice the caffeine of coffee beans, making guaraná extract a key ingredient in energy drinks worldwide.
A small Brazilian fruit in the soapberry family with sweet-acidic translucent pulp around a large seed, native to South America's tropical forests.
