LIVE PLANT Exotic Rambutan Tropical Fruit Tree SEEDLING

Rambutan

Fruit Tree

Nephelium lappaceum

Native to the western lowlands of Malaysia, Indonesia

The Rambutan, Nephelium lappaceum, is a fruit considered exotic to people outside of its native range. To people of Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Bali, and other countries of this region, the rambutan is a relatively common fruit the same way an apple is common to many people in cooler climates. This unusual fruit gets its name, no surprise, from the Malaysian word for hair, "rambut",  referring to the spiky rind.

     One of the most exotic looking fruits and closely related to the lychee, very tropical Rambutan, pronounced ram-BU-tan, varies in type and quality. This striking fruit may be greenish yellow, orange or crimson. Oval or globe-shaped, they are usually one to two inches long with a section of the stem attached. The soft flexible hairy bristles are about one-half inch long.  Prized for its exceptional juicy-sweet texture, Rambutan flavor is really quite subtle. The large seed has an almond-like taste. The tree is large and attractive, with a branched trunk and densely foliated with pinnate leaves. The 2" fruit, borne in terminal clusters of 10-12, resembles a chestnut burr in appearance. It is usually bright red when ripe, sometimes orange, with the skin covered with soft, fleshy spines. The flesh is white, adhering to a flattened seed, whose flavor varies from sweet to subacid.

The rambutan inner fruit resembles the lychee (or litchee) which is in the same botanical family. The structure internally is quite similar, with a single central inedible seed and edible white flesh wrapped around it but the skin is the part that makes the rambutan so distinctive in appearance. Other members of the same botanical family, the Sapindaceae, include the longan (Dimocarpus longan), the canepa or mamoncillo (Melicoccus bijugatus), the pulasan (Nephelium mutabile), and guaraná (Paullinia cupana).

Indigenous to the Malayan archipelago

Of the botanical family, Sapindaceae it is also known by the botanic name

Nephelium lappaceum.

Exotic Fruit

         Rambutan is a popular Fruit in the tropics. 

             This Exotic Fruit prefers full sun but do best on deep soils that are high in organic matter and thrive on hilly terrain as they require good drainage.

           Rambutan trees bear twice annually, once in late fall and early winter with a shorter season in late spring and early summer.  The fragile nutritious fruit must ripen on the tree, then they are harvested over a 4-7 week period.

     Evergreen Rambutan trees with their abundant colored fruit make beautiful landscape specimens.

          An easily grown Exotic Fruit tree which likes full sun/light shade, and a moist, well drained position.

Trees grown from seed bear after 5-6 years.

Rambutan

Rambutan

one seedling

Nephelium lappaceum

You are bidding on 1 live seedling about 3-6 inches tall with 1-2 leaves. These plants are less than 1 year old. The petioles (leaf stems) and the leaves are a glossy green.   Ready to be put in a 1 gallon container. 

Healthy & Fresh

Inflorescence:

Branched, 2" fruit, borne in terminal clusters of 10-12.

Pinnate 

Salt Tolerance: Moderate

prefers high humidity and rainfall

Uses: suitable for  unique colorful fruit specimen.

Height: 25 to 35 feet

USDA hardiness zones: 10B through 11

Cold Hardiness: 32-36ºs F

You are bidding on * lush strong seedlings with vigorous root systems * inches tall with * leaves born and grown in Hawaii.

All good things take time, so I grow my plants and rare palms in my ebay store.

Much more to check out or just get a little education on in my store.

Polynesian Produce Stand

  Shipping    

All live plants are Inspected By USDA Plant Inspectors before they are shipped to insure you get healthy pest free plants and seeds.

Due to the price of gasoline, we will ship once a week - ON or BEFORE WEDNESDAYS, because of the special stamps needed to ship plants and cuttings to you.  This can only be done at the Dept. of Agriculture.  If payments are not met before that MONDAY, your items will be shipped the following week and lose the combined discount opportunity.

   All live plants are shipped bare-root wrapped in moist sphagnum moss to ensure the plant’s healthy transit to you.

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Please only one Paypal payment. SO THE COMBINED SHIPPING RULE WILL CAN BE USED.

COMBINED SHIPPING POLICY

INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING is not included in this offer.

   This policy is good for all items bought and paid for in the week ending MONDAY.

        We will combine shipping for auctions won on the same week paid with same paypal payment.

Combined Discounts Won Auctions

For 2-3 winning auctions, the combined discount is 10% of the total Shipping and Handling charges. For 4-7 winning auctions, the combined discount is 20% of the total Shipping and Handling charges. For 7+ winning auctions, the combined discount is 30% of the total Shipping and Handling charges.

         The additional charge for any phytosanitary certificate is not included in this offer.

         As each order is packed and prepared separately you will pay the quoted S/H charges individually per item. If you buy the same species in that item it does calculate out the discount (i.e.: additional item $3.61). My stores' combined shipping is built in for same items rather than a varied selection. Built into the S/H charges are USPS shipping, USDA inspection fee, Ebay fees (listing & Final value) and Paypal fees. I can’t really change any of these. If you want one of this and one of that, it gets hard to discount much as each different species requires it's own prep & packing, then at USDA each has to be unwrapped and inspected then repacked. USDA requires me to clean and prepare every last piece before we drive them to the Inspection Station on the other side of the island. It takes my wife and I, a day to pack items and get ready to ship. The whole next day we drive around the island and get inspected (2-3 hours), then drive to the Airport Post Office to drop off. It takes the same work with the same type item if you can understand.

Optional insurance is available. But my advice is for live plants forget the insurance as they use the word PERISHABLE. This will be wasted $.

We ship via USPS Mondays-Wednesday with Delivery confirmation.

Payment must be received within 7 days of the auction ending.

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