Rambutan

The rambutan is botanically named as Nephelium lappaceum. To people of Malaysia, Thailand, the Phillippines, Vietnam, Borneo, and other countries of this region, the rambutan is a comparatively common fruit like an apple which is common to many people in cooler climates.

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RAMBUTAN FRUIT

Appearance- Rambutan fruit is naturally red in color but they sometimes seem like yellow or orange. 'Rambut' is a malay word which means “hair”, hence it got its name because of the Thorn like appearance. The shape of Rambutan fruit is round or oval and it is upto three to six to four cm in dimension. Rambutan is borne in clusters. Its leather like skin has flexible thorns. It has brownish seed with two to three cm in size and is basally scarred. It is soft and crusty.

Even though the raw seeds are poisonous, they may be eaten after cooking. Complete ripe fruits are mostly ugly brown in colour. The Rambutan tree grows upto 10 to 20 m in height. Its alternate leaves are 10 to 30 cm in length and have three to eleven leaflets, each and with an entire margin have a special structure. Small Flowers with leaf petal which are about 2 1/2 to 5 mm in size are in disk-shape and they have bloomed cluster wise.

Scientific Name:Nephelium lappaceum

Taste-A good rambutan has a firm and juicy flesh. It has a sweat taste, and it is somewhat similar taste of lychee fruit. The tree will actually look like a enlarged Chirstmas tree. A rambutan is best within mid-season somewhere around June-August as they seem to be most sweet, and large.. It is more sweet than sour. When it gets ripened the flesh separates easily from the seed. But when it is not quite ripe, the flesh sticks to the rambutan seed and the taste is a little sour overall, still not a bad taste though.

Rambutan Tree

The tree is called by many names, the primary name is Rambutan., but there are several other different dialect names to the small native communities that surround Southeast Asia.

Ramboutan or ramboutanier in French
Ramboetan in Dutch
Ramboostan in India
Shao tzu in Chinese
Chom chom or vai thieu in Vietnam
Ser mon, or chle sao mao to Kampucheans

The rambutan, is an evergreen tree that grows always in height of 10-20m.The rambutan, is an evergreen tree that grows always in height of 10-20m.

Rambutan Varieties

Lebakbooloos	Seematjan	Seenjonja
Maharlika	Sectangkooweh	Seelengkeng
Seekonto

Rambutan Nutrition Information

Nutritional Value:
It is a good source of vitamin C and calcium, rambutan fruit provides fairly a good amount of niacin, iron, protein and fiber. A recent study found out that eating nine to ten fruits and vegetables of rambutan family per day, were effective in lowering blood pressure

Health benefits of Rambutan

Rambutan fruit contains carbohydrate, protein, fat, phosphorus, iron, calcium and vitamin C. Coat tannin of fruit and Leaves contain saponin. The seeds always contain fat and polifenol. Skin and stem contains tannin, saponin, flavonida, pectic substances, and iron.. Rambutans roots, bark, and leaves have various uses in the production of dyes and drugs. Part of this plant can be used as a medicinal fruit and have benefits for health such as

Reduce Body Fat

Make skin softer

Hair care

Treat dysentery

Treat diabetes

Nutritive Value of Rambutan

Fruit comparison tables. Overview of vitamin and mineral content including nutrition charts of the Rambutan fruits.

Nutritive value per 100 g of Rambutan
Principle	Nutritive value
Protein	1.0 g
Cholesterol	0.0 mg
Thiamin	0.01mg
Vitamin C	7.4 mg
Sodium	16.5 mg
Potassium	63.0 mg
Calcium	33.0 mg
Vitamin A	4.5 IU
Iron	0.5 mg

Rambutan Recipe

Savory Stuffed Rambutans

2 cloves garlic, firmed.
2 teaspoons (approx) firmed coriander roots.
2 tablespoons fresh coriander leaves (or sage) vegetable oil.
4 tablespoons ground roasted peanuts.
4 teaspoons soy sauce.
4 tablespoons palm sugar.
1 chopped de-seeded chili pepper
2 cans rambutans, exhausted.

Drop the edible oil to fry the crushed garlic and coriander roots. When garlic becomes golden brown, add all the other ingredients except rambutans into this mixture. Cook well and stir until the mixture turns brown and fairly dry. Add rambutans into the ingredients. Cook and mix well for about 2 minutes. Serve as an entree or as a main course with rice.