Compared with its brilliantly colored botanical cousins lychee and rambutan, longan is pedestrian at first glance. The plum-sized longan fruit is featureless and mousy brown when ripe. However, once ...

Longan is a fruit similar to lychee. It may have several health benefits and is a good source of vitamin C. Claims of these health benefits are generally anecdotal, not scientific. The debate about ...

Medically reviewed by Elizabeth Barnes, RDNMedically reviewed by Elizabeth Barnes, RDN Longan fruit, also known as dragon's eye, is a fruit harvested from the longan tree (Dimocarpus longan Lour.), a ...

Description: The lychee’s lesser-known cousin, the longan, is a tropical fruit native to Southern Asia that grows on trees 20 to 23 feet tall. They’re spherical in form, with a fragile, smooth, ...

Thailand's longan production in eight northern provinces is expected to see a drop of 40-50% this year due to severe hot weather and a reduction in the growing areas by farmers after prices dropped ...