Si Chompoo

Variety of Rambutan · Nephelium lappaceum

Pink-red Thai cultivar with tender, sweet aril; alongside Rongrien the leading variety in southern Thailand.

Also known as: See Chompoo, Sri Chompoo, Si Chomphu

🇹🇭 Thailand

Taste & characteristics

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Striking pink to pink-red skin with soft spinterns. Aril white, sweet and juicy, pleasantly aromatic.

Tropical evergreen tree; few functionally male flowers, giving a high fruit set.

Productive yields; one of the two main cultivars of southern Thailand. Harvest mostly May to August.

Sought after at the fresh market for its distinctive pink colour.

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