Dimocarpus longan var. echinatus
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Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; Philippines (Philippines present), Basilan present, Mindanao present
Malesia: Borneo, Philippines (Mindanao, Basilan).
Notes
As only specimens with fairly well-developed fruits can be separated from certain forms of var. malesianus, the data on var. echinatus are rel atively incomplete. The material is so uniform, and the fruits are so exceptional among Dimocarpus that this form deserves varietal rank even though flowering material cannot be identified. Because of the fruits this variety can easily be confused with Nephelium mutabile, from which it differs, however, in the distinctive hair tufts and by the much bigger sepals.