All you need to Know About Longan Fruit

About   longan

in this article, I’m going to tell you about All you need to Know About Longan Fruit

• Order  –    Sapindales
• Family –   Sapindaceae
• Genus – Dimocarpus  Lever
• Species  – Dimocarpus longan
• Motherland – China to India area
• Other names – Dragons eye, Eyeball
• Fruit type – fleshy
• Small greenish-brown colour fruits
• Round or ovule shape
• Have one seed and fresh fruit
• Have conventional smell and taste
• Front weight is 2g-8g

Nutrition  content 

• Energy                      60%
• Water                       83%                            
• Thiamin                   0.04mg
• Iron                           0.13g
• Riboflavin                0.07mg 
• Myosin                     0.6mg
• Ascorbic acid           84mg
• Fiber                         1.1g
• Protein                     1.6g

Longan plant

• It is dicotyledon  plant
• It has many green colour leaves
• longan plant is an evergreen plant
• Fruits bearing on  branches

Longan   flower

• Flower are light yellow colour
• Small  round shape flower
• Bearing a large amount  of fruits in one time
• Flowers are very attractive for bees and butterflies

Cultivation

• growth in dry zone forest.
• Longan is a natural growing plant.
• Elevation -750m
• Not cultivated as a crop
• Cannot seen garden growing

Longan   yield

• Flowering in March and  April  month
• Bearing in September month
• Not bearing every year
• Longan harvesting after brake the branches
• Can get large number of fruits in one time

Uses of Longan Fruit

• As a very tasty fruit
• Sri Lankan use only as a  fresh fruit
• Use as dry fruit  in China and  Thailand
• Separate and preserve pulp as commercial product
• Have imported valve

Pests and Diseases

Diseases of longan

• Longan witches broom                                                                                                                                     
•  There are many branches that have a one plate-like as  broom casual organism  -phytoplasma virus
• Difficult to  control witches broom

Pests of longan

1.Moths

       Egg laying and eat plant parts of larvae and pupa .

2.Fruit fly (Bactocera dorsalis )

       Egg  Laying of  fruit and larvae damage to fruit

3.White mite

       Their  saliva toxic to the trees shoot   

Control the pest and disease

• Bagging the fruit

        Not only abates  fruit bores but it also limits the need for synthetic  chemical

• No damage to natural enemies
• Doing IPM practices

Value-added products of longan

01. Ultimate blood building snack – It is useful for blood problems

02. Pack of dry longan

03. Longan syrup tin

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