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Edau

Variety of Longan · Dimocarpus longan
Popular Thai commercial cultivar with crisp, sweet flesh and good off-season performance.
Also known as: E-Daw, Edaw, Idor, E-Dor
Edible value7Medicinal value3Other uses3
🇹🇭 Thailand

Taste & characteristics

Taste

crispsweetaromatic

Profile

Parentage
Traditionelle thailändische Selektion
Pollination
dioecious – separate male and female plants
Fruit weight
13 g

Description

Fruit

Large, round fruit with crisp, sweet aril and small-to-medium seed.

Growth

Vigorous tree; responds well to chemical flower induction and is grown at scale for fresh export.

Yield

Very productive; available year-round through off-season forcing, no fixed season.

Notes

After Biew Kiew, one of Thailand's most widely grown export cultivars.

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