Longan is also called longan. They are actually the same fruit. Just a different name. The fresh one is called longan. If the skin is peeled off and dried, this kind is called longan.

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Longan. ) is a plant of longan in Sapindaceae. Evergreen trees, usually more than 10 m in height; Branchlets stout, puberulent, scattered pale lenticels. Petiole length 15-30cm or longer; 4-5 pairs of leaflets, thin leathery, oblong-elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, usually asymmetrical on both sides; The petiole length usually does not exceed 5 mm.

Inflorescence large and multi-branched; Pedicel short; Sepals nearly leathery, triangular-ovate; Petals milky white, lanceolate, nearly as long as sepals, only puberulent outside; Perianth short setose. Fruit subglobose, usually yellowish brown or sometimes grayish yellow, slightly rough outside, or rarely slightly convex nodules; The seeds are brown and bright, and all of them are wrapped by fleshy aril. It blooms in spring and summer and bears fruit in summer.

Longan originated in southern China and distributed in Fujian, Taiwan Province, Hainan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and other provinces (regions), mainly produced in Fujian, Taiwan Province and Guangxi. It grows in the south subtropical zone, likes warm and humid climate, can endure short-term frost, and won't freeze to death in a short time at the low temperature of 0-4℃.