Kohala
Variety of Longan · Dimocarpus longan
The world-standard longan: reliably productive, sweet-aromatic with a small seed.
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3🇺🇸 USA 1954
Taste & characteristics
Taste
juicysweetaromatic
Profile
- Parentage
- Selektion aus thailändischem Saatgut, in Hawaii selektiert
- Breeder
- University of Hawaii (Kona/Kohala)
- Pollination
- dioecious – separate male and female plants
- Fruit weight
- 12 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Medium-large, round fruit with thin brown shell, translucent crisp aril, high sugar and an aromatic musky flavour.
Growth
Vigorous, upright tree; one of the most adaptable and widely planted cultivars worldwide.
Yield
Reliably heavy yields; in subtropics (Florida, Hawaii, Australia) ripening in midsummer.
Notes
Reference and polleniser cultivar in many regions; tends to alternate bearing.
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