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Dileep. C
Department of Post Graduate Studies and Research in Botany
Sanatana Dharma College Alleppey,Kerala.688 003.India
Abstract: Rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum L.) member of the Sapindaceae is a native of Malaysia which is widely cultivated in peninsular India as a cash fruit crop , particularly in Kerala. It is a close relative of the lychee and an e qually desirable fruit. In the vernacular, it is generally called rambutan ,occasionally in India, ramboostan.
The plant reaches 5-10 m in height, and a dense, usually spreading crown. The evergreen leaves are alternate, pinnately compound, long, with reddish rachis, hairy when young.
Key words : Nephelium, Hemelia, leaf disease
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